No coronavirus deaths have been reported in Lincolnshire hospitals for the first time in three weeks.

The figure comes as the nationally figure has also taken a major drop.

NHS England this afternoon confirmed no fatalities have been record at hospitals run by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust for the first time since April 6.

It means the trust, which runs the hospitals at Grantham, Boston, Lincoln and Louth, has so far seen 94 fatalities.

However, the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation trust recorded one fatality today, putting the overall total for Greater Lincolnshire at 155 deaths.

The North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust did not update its figures today, but yesterday it reported that 99 people have died in total at its hospitals, an increase of 26 over the previous week.

The trust, which runs Stamford Hospital, said 64 people have died at Peterborough City Hospital (up 21) and 35 at Hinchingbrooke (up 5).

Meanwhile. NHS England reported that across the UK, the number of deaths had increased by 360 to 21,092.

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has increased by 4,310 to 157,149.

Across the region, Lincolnshire saw its number of confirmed cases increase by 22 from 759 to 781.

Leicestershire saw an increase from 836 to 858.

North East Lincolnshire reported an increase from 125 to 128.

North Lincolnshire went up from 296 to 313.

Peterborough reported an increase of one to 190.

And Rutland remained at 19.

As always, the official government figures are taken in hospital and do not include patients in care homes or their own homes.