There have been 40 confirmed coronavirus cases and one death in Greater Lincolnshire this week.

Government figures published for Friday show eight new COVID-19 positive cases in Lincolnshire, three in North East Lincolnshire and two in North Lincolnshire .

Although there was one extra recorded death of a North Lincolnshire resident earlier this week, government stopped updating their deaths tally on Thursday.

It follows an urgent review into how fatalities are recorded.

Previously, people in England who died at any point following a positive test, regardless of cause, were counted in the figures. But there will now be a cut-off of 28 days.

The review saw more than 5,000 deaths revised down from being COVID-related nationally this week.

However, the review has not yet been reflected in local figures and deaths do not currently appear on the government's dashboard because the "page is being re–developed".

Health bosses expect the figure, if it does decrease, to land between the current confirmed 266 hospital deaths, which are provided separately by the NHS, and the government's previous figure of 466.

Hospital deaths, however, have not seen any increase in NHS figures for 16 days.

The total number of cases in Greater Lincolnshire is 3,555 and break down as follows:

2,590 in Lincolnshire (up from 2,582)

223 in North East Lincolnshire (up from 220)

It means there have been 82 cases in the region so far in August.

The Lincolnshire figure of 2,590 is equivalent to a rate of 340.2 cases per 100,000 of population.

This compares with an England average of 485.6 cases per 100,000 based on its 273,314 reported cases.

Leicester now has 5,366 confirmed cases (1514.9 per 100,000), an increase of 39 since Wednesday.

Leicestershire now has 3448 cases (488.3), up 29 over two days.

Peterborough stands at 1527 (up 9 since Wednesday) putting it on 750.5 per 100,000.

Rutland is up 2 at 104 (260.5).

Melton is at 204 (up 4 since Wednesday), with a rate of 390.6 per 100,000.

South Kesteven is up 2 since Wednesday to 433 (304 per 100,00).

South Holland remains at 716 (753.5).

Across the UK, there have now been 316,367 cases and, following the review earlier this week, the country's death tally is 41,358.