Three more deaths from Coronavirus have been reported in Lincolnshire.

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust said the patients died at its hospitals in either Grantham, Lincoln, Boston, or Louth.

This brings the county total to four, after the first death in Lincolnshire was reported on Friday.

But the trust won't say which of the hospitals the patients were being treated at.

The deaths come as Lincolnshire reported its sharpest ever increase in Coronavirus cases yesterday.

A ULHT spokesman said: "Sadly we can confirm that three further patients who were being cared for in our hospitals, and had tested positive for COVID-19, have died.

"Sadly we can confirm that three further patients who were being cared for in our hospitals, and had tested positive for COVID-19, have died.

"The patients were all women between the ages of 65 and 80 and all had underlying health conditions.

"Their families have been informed and our thoughts and condolences are with them at this difficult and distressing time."

Yesterday, Public Heath England reported the total number of Coronavirus cases in Lincolnshire increased from 39 to 53, as a record 14 cases were reported within 24 hours.

Nationally, as of 9am on 28 March 2020, a total of 120,776 people have been tested, of which 103,687 were confirmed negative and 17,089 were confirmed positive.

As of 5pm on 27 March 2020, 1,019 patients in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Public Health England said the figures for test results and for deaths are compiled from different sources. This is why the figures for deaths are reported from an earlier point in time than the figures for test results, it added.