There were 131 positive cases of COVID-19 in Greater Lincolnshire on Monday.

The UK coronavirus dashboard latest figures include 93 in Lincolnshire, 29 in North Lincolnshire and nine in North East Lincolnshire.

Among the districts, South Kesteven record 19 cases.

It means means there have been 1,165 in seven days in Greater Lincolnshire and 1,558 for the month

NHS figures showed no further deaths in Greater Lincolnshire hospitals over the weekend.

The government's own death tally, which includes those both in and out of hospitals and those of residents in hospitals outside the county, also showed no new deaths in its figures.

Nationally, cases increased by 13,972 to 617,688 while deaths increased by 50 to 42,875.

On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is announced a new three-tier lockdown system dividing the nation into medium (tier 1), high (tier 2) and very high (tier 3) level areas.

He warned against imposing a second national lockdown but said the county "must act to save lives".

The move saw Lincolnshire's neighbour Nottinghamshire put into the second-highest tier of measures, which will see see mixing between different households or support bubbles stopped. The rule of six will be expanded to apply outdoors as well as inside.

Lincolnshire is set to be on a medium level, with no extra restrictions on top of the nation-wide ones.

Earlier on Monday government scientists said there are more people in hospital now with coronavirus nationally than before lockdown in March.

They warned that the virus needed to be controlled further, claiming that that if measures were not in place "the death toll will be too high to bear".

Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Monday, October 12

6,150 cases (up 131) 4,225 in Lincolnshire (up 93)

1,306 in North Lincolnshire (up 29)

619 in North East Lincolnshire (up 9) The 4,225 for Lincolnshire is equivalent to 555 cases per 100,000 of population. This compares with an England average of 934.6 cases per 100,000 of population, based on its 526,086 cases. Leicester now reports 8039 cases, or 2269.5 per 100,000. This is an increase of 279 since Friday, when Nub News last presented a full report. This figure gives a rate more than four times that of Lincolnshire and almost five times that of South Kesteven. It is more than five times the Rutland rate. Leicestershire now has 6214 confirmed cases, giving a rate of 880 cases per 100,000. This stems from a massive increase of 464 since Friday. Melton is up 11 to 327 since Friday, with a rate today of 660 cases per 100,000. Peterborough is up 51 to 2074 or 1025.4 cases per 100,000. Rutland is up 15 over the weekend at 215, giving it a rate of 538.5 cases per 100,000. South Holland is up 15 since Friday at 822, with a rate of 865.1 cases per 100,000. And South Kesteven is up 19 today at 799, and up 64 since Friday, giving it a rate today of 561 cases per 100,000. Greater Lincolnshire also reports 409 deaths (no change) 282 from Lincolnshire (no change)

91 from North Lincolnshire (no change)

36 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)

of which 278 hospital deaths (no change)

150 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)

5 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)

1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)

122 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (no change) The UK reports 617,688 cases and 42,875 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.