Coronavirus crisis: No Lincolnshire hospital deaths for nine days
By The Editor
8th Aug 2020 | Local News
There have been 34 confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths in Greater Lincolnshire this week.
However, hospitals have not seen any new COVID-19 deaths in nine days.
The latest government figures released yesterday afternoon (Fri) show seven new cases for Friday, with six in Lincolnshire and one in North Lincolnshire.
It means the the total number of confirmed cases in Greater Lincolnshire is 3,515.
The figures also included COVID-19 related deaths for two more people living in Lincolnshire taking the total for deaths both in and out of the region's hospitals to 465.
The total number of confirmed COVID-18 cases are as follows:
2,558 in Lincolnshire (up from 2,552)
739 in North Lincolnshire (up from 738)218 in North East Lincolnshire (no change)
Lincolnshire's figure of 2,558 is equivalent to a rate of 336 cases per 100,000 of population.
This compares with an England average of 473.7, based on its 266,645 number of confirmed cases.
Leicester saw 39 extra cases reported yesterday, putting it on 5,143 or 1451.9 cases per 100,000.
Leicestershire increased 7 to 3,378 or 478.4 cases per 100,000.
Peterborough was up 3 at 1,488 (735.7).
Rutland remained at 100 (250.5).
Among the districts, South Kesteven increased 2 to 427 (299.8 cases per 100,000).
South Holland remained at 715 (752.5).
Melton remained at 195 (380.8).
Taking into account the eight deaths over the weekend, it means there have been 42 cases in the region so far in August, including 37 in Lincolnshire, four in North Lincolnshire, and one in North East Lincolnshire.
The latest NHS figures showed no new COVID-19 related deaths at any of the region's hospitals for the ninth day in a row.
The latest breakdown remains as follows:
143 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
4 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust
118 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) However, Government figures earlier this week added two further deaths to the tally of those who live in Lincolnshire, bringing the total across the region including North and North East Lincolnshire to 465. The number of deaths total: 323 from Lincolnshire (up from 321)106 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
36 from North East Lincolnshire (no change) The government's UK COVID-19 tracker shows the total number of deaths to date are 303 in Leicester, 104 in Peterborough, 15 in Rutland, 17 in Melton, 63 in South Kesteven and 64 in South Holland. Nationally, the number of cases increased by 871 to 809,005, while deaths in the UK rose by 98 to 46,511. Additional reporting by Nub News.
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