Two fatalities were reported at Lincolnshire hospitals today.

In the wider county, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals reported one further death.

The trust, which runs the hospitals at Grantham, Lincoln, Boston and Louth, won't say in which hospitals the patients died in.

They commented: "The patients were a woman aged 83 and a man aged 87. Both had underlying health conditions."

It brings the total number of deaths at ULHT hospitals to 114.

In Northern Lincolnshire the number of deaths increased to 77, following the report of today's death.

No update from Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital was issued today but to date Peterborough City has seen 64 deaths and Hunchingbrooke 35..

Nationally, the number of deaths pushed through the 30,000 barrier, according to official government figures, with a total of 30,076, an increase of 649 on yesterday.

Altogether, with other deaths from care homes and elsewhere, this gives the UK a total of more than 32,000, reportedly the highest in Europe.

The number of confirmed cases across the UK increased by 6,111 to 201,101.

Across the region, Lincolnshire saw an increase in confirmed cases from 884 to 896.

Leicestershire saw its number of cases increase from 984 to 995.

North East Lincolnshire remained at 137.

North Lincolnshire was up three at 409.

Peterborough increased 13 to 278.

Rutland rose by one to 23 confirmed cases.

• Additional reporting by the Local Democracy Reporting scheme.
• *An earlier version of this story said there had been no deaths in Lincolnshire. This was based on incorrect information supplied under the scheme.