Coronavirus crisis: No more deaths reported across Greater Lincolnshire
By The Editor
6th Apr 2020 | Local News
Greater Lincolnshire has had no coronavirus deaths in the county's hospitals for the first time in nearly two weeks.
No fatalities have been recorded at either United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust in the latest round of daily updates.
Since March 26, at least one patient who tested positive for COVID-19 has been confirmed each day to have died at one of the county's hospital trusts.
Last Friday saw the highest daily spike as eight people died at hospitals run by ULHT.
So far, a total of 36 people have died in Greater Lincolnshire with 346 cases confirmed across the county.
In Lincolnshire, the youngest person to die from coronavirus was 49, according to local figures.
ULHT reports 24 deaths at its hospitals- Grantham, Boston, Lincoln and Louth- though it won't say where the deaths have occurred.
All patients who have died in the county's hospitals had underlying health conditions.
Peterborough City Hospital, which is run by the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, has experienced four deaths of patients with coronavirus.
This afternoon, Public Heath England reported Lincolnshire had 275 cases, an increase from 252 reported yesterday.
Leicestershire had had 338 cases, up from 311.
Peterborough had 68 cases, up from 48.
Rutland again remained at six.
Nationally, Public Health England reported this afternoon the UK had 51,608 coronavirus cases, an increase of 3,802 on yesterday.
The number of deaths has increased by 439 to 5,373.
Additional Reporting by BBC Local Democracy Reporter, Calvin Robinson.
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