There have been seven new cases of coronavirus in Greater Lincolnshire on Thursday.

The latest government figures show five new COVID-19 positive cases in Lincolnshire, and two in North Lincolnshire.

North East Lincolnshire saw no additional cases reported today.

The current breakdown of the region's 3,705 cumulative cases is:

2,693 in Lincolnshire (up from 2,688)

243 in North East Lincolnshire (no change)

The Lincolnshire figure of 2693 is equivalent to a rate of 518.3 cases per 100,000 of population.

This compares with an England average of 519.5 cases per 100,000, based on its total of 292,418 confirmed cases.

Leicester reports 5770 cases (up 19 on yesterday), equivalent to 1,628.9 cases per 100,000, more than four times the comparable Lincolnshire figure.

Leicestershire reports 3660 cases, up 11 on yesterday, equivalent to 518.3 cases per 100,000.

Peterborough reports 1634 cases in total, up 9 on yesterday, (807.9).

Rutland remains on116 (290.5).

Melton is up 2 on 224 (437.4)

South Holland remains 721 (758.8)

And South Kesteven is up 2 at 455 (319.5 per 100,000)

Hospital data also confirmed no further deaths in their latest figures, meaning 34 days without fatalities.

The government's own dashboard, which includes deaths of Greater Lincolnshire residents which take place outside of hospital or in facilities outside the county, also showed no new fatalities.

On Tuesday, it was revealed that 76 previously reported COVID-19 deaths across the region had been wiped from the statistics following a government review last month.

Nationally, government data showed cases increased Thursday by 1,735 to 340,411 and deaths rose by 13 to 41,514.