There have been 460 new cases of coronavirus in Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday and 14 COVID-related deaths.

The government's dashboard on Wednesday evening showed 226 new cases in Lincolnshire, along with 125 in North East Lincolnshire and 109 in North Lincolnshire.

Among the districts, South Kesteven recorded 28 cases today, putting it on 1736. It's rate of 1218.9 cases per 100,000 compares with the Lincolnshire average of 1355.2 cases per 100,000 and the England average of 1906.8.

Altogether, this means there have been 5,385 recorded cases in Greater Lincolnshire so far this month.

The figurestoday also showed the deaths of six Lincolnshire residents, four North East Lincolnshire residents and four North Lincolnshire resident. They include deaths both in and out of hospitals and those of residents in hospitals outside the county,

Also, seven COVID-19 related deaths were reported by NHS England in local hospitals, with four at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust and three at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.

Among the districts, South Kesteven increased 3 to 59.

Meanwhile, students at the University of Lincoln could join others nationwide in being mass tested for COVID-19 at the end of November, before being sent home for Christmas in a staggered manner.

Also, more than 300 hospital and healthcare staff are currently off work due to coronavirus across Lincolnshire.

Health bosses also confirmed the county's COVID response team had more than two million items of PPE in stock.

Lincolnshire County Council's director of public health Professor Derek Ward said the national supply chain had improved massively since the first wave of coronavirus and that production increased across the country.

"It means we've got a lot of stock held locally we can now distribute if we need it." He added there had been "lots of learning from the first wave".

Professor Ward also moved to reassure councillors the vaccine would be safe and urged people to get it when it was available, as he was questioned over the impact of conspiracy theories and misinformation on social media sites.

Across the UK, on Wednesday, cases increased by 22,950 to 1,256,725, while deaths rose by 595 to 50,365.

Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Wednesday, November 11

3,197 in North Lincolnshire (up 109)

540 deaths (up 14)

364 from Lincolnshire (up six)

82 from North East Lincolnshire (up four)

7 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (up one)

162 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up four)

Across the UK, 1,256,725 cases, 50,365 deaths.

DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.