South Kesteven recorded 81 Coronavirus case and three deaths over the weekend.

The figures, from NHS England, form part of the 410 new coronavirus cases and 11 COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire over the weekend.

Last week, South Kesteven recorded 11 cases and two deaths, with the wider district recording 524 cases and 18 deaths last weekend.

The government's COVID-19 dashboard recorded 299 new cases in Lincolnshire across Saturday and Sunday, 60 in North Lincolnshire and 51 in North East Lincolnshire.

Among the district, South Kesteven, as mentioned earlier, recorded 81 cases over the weekend, which puts it on 6327 in total, equivalent to almost one-in-25 succumbing to the virus at some stage.

The 7-day rate has decreased from 256.3 cases per 100,000 on Friday to 240.1 cases per 100,000. The number of cases over the past week has fallen from 365 on Friday to 342. A week ago, the equivalent number was 388. This compares with an England 7-day rate of 233.2, which maintains a strong downward trend.

South Kesteven also recorded three deaths, putting it on 219 since the start of the pandemic.

By the end of Sunday, nine deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, one in North Lincolnshire and one in North East Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.

NHS England reported five new local hospital deaths at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and one at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.

The weekend saw national cases increase to 3,945,680, while deaths rose to 112,465.

Over the weekend, more than 12 million people in the UK have now had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, after 550,000 first jabs were given out on Saturday.

The government is aiming to offer first doses to 15 million people in the top four priority groups by February 15.

The minister responsible for the coronavirus vaccine rollout has suggested annual jabs or a "booster in the autumn" could be required to combat new variants of the disease.

Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News he is "confident" the UK will hit its "tough target" of offering everybody over 50 a coronavirus jab by May.

Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday, he said that at one point on Saturday, the UK was administering COVID-19 jabs at a rate of almost 1,000 per minute.

Greater Lincolnshire's infection rate has slightly risen over the weekend with five of the nine districts seeing an increase.

As of Sunday, South Holland was ranked in the top 100 highest infection rates in the UK with 275.7 per 100,000 of the population, up from 259.9 on Friday.

Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Sunday, February 7

7,554 in North Lincolnshire (up 60)

290 from North Lincolnshire (up one)

37 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)

397 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up one)

Altogether, the UK has seen 3,945,680 cases and 112,465 deaths.