CORONAVIRUS: Thursday's figures for deaths in Lincolnshire hospitals are revealed

The number of deaths of people with coronavirus in ULHT hospitals now stands at 86 in total.

A spokesperson for ULHT said: “Sadly we can confirm that a further patient who was being cared for in one of our hospitals and had tested positive for COVID-19, has died.

“The patient was a 64 year old man who had underlying health conditions.

“His family has been informed and our thoughts and condolences are with them at this difficult and distressing time.”

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust saw eight further fatalities recorded at the region’s hospitals.

It means the number of deaths in that trust region now stands at 52.

Meanwhile, NHS England confirmed that 514 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have died across the country.

Patients were aged between 31 and 100 years old, 16 of them had no known underlying health condition.