There have been 184 cases of coronavirus confirmed this week, with six deaths reported as well.

On Friday, there were 42 new cases of coronavirus and one COVID-19 related death confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire in the official statistics.

Among the figures, South Kesteven reported a rise of 12 cases to 577, though the district is still faring better than many others.

The UK's coronavirus dashboard showed cases of COVID-19 in Lincolnshire increased by 31, another 17 in North Lincolnshire, and four in North East Lincolnshire.

It means there have been 76 new cases in the first two days of October.

There were 820 cases in September, a 400% increase on August numbers.

The government's own death tally, which includes deaths outside hospitals, also revealed a further fatalities of a Lincolnshire resident.

However, NHS figures released earlier showed no new coronavirus-related deaths in the region's hospitals.

Nationally, cases increased by 6,968 to 467,146 while deaths increased by 66 to 42,268.

Earlier yesterday (Friday) it was revealed organisers of the Lincoln Santa Fun Run had cancelled the event, replacing it with an online virtual race instead.

Police fined just one person in September — but said they preferred to engage and encourage people to follow the rules, using enforcement as a last resort.

Latest coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire

4,668 cases (up 42)

3,342 in Lincolnshire (up 31)

350 in North East Lincolnshire (up four)

The 3342 for Lincolnshire amounts to 439 cases per 100,000 of population.

This compares with a England average of 708.4 cases per 100,000, based on its total of 398,728 cases.

Leicester increased 63 today to 7127 and a rate of 2012 per 100,000.

This figure is five times the rate of South Kesteven and more than four times the Lincolnshire rate. It is almost six times the Rutland rate.

Leicestershire is up 44 to 4802 (680 per 100,000).

Melton is up 4 to 269 (525.3).

Peterborough is up 7 to 1845 (912.7).

Rutland is up 1 at 143 (358.2).

South Holland is up 1 to 759 (798.1).

And South Kesteven is up 12 to 57 (405.1).

Greater Lincolnshire reports 399 deaths (up one)

273 from Lincolnshire (up one)

36 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)

4 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)

122 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (no change)

Across the UK, there are 467,146 and 42,268 deaths.