Three more people have died of Coronavirus in Lincolnshire, bringing the total to nine.

The deaths comes as official government figures show a sharp rise in the number of cases in the county from 104 to 133.

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has again declined to say which of its four hospitals the deaths occurred in.

The trust operates hospitals at Grantham, Lincoln, Boston and Louth.

ULHT commented this afternoon: "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. This brings the total number of deaths in ULHT hospitals to nine.

"The patients were all men, aged 73, 80 and 83, 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." In Rutland, the number of cases increased from three to four, but it has yet to report any deaths. Peterborough still has 36 confirmed cases. Nationally, there are 29,474 cases, an increase of 4,324 from the 25, 150 reported yesterday. The number of deaths increased over the past 24 hours by 563 from 1,789 to 2,352.