Big leap in coronavirus cases in Lincolnshire

The government dashboard’s death tally, which includes those both in and out of hospitals, also increased by two, however, NHS deaths reported three new fatalities in hospitals across the region.

A message on the government dashboard explained there had been a technical issue in the data in the week between September 25 and October 2, so cases increased by an extra 15,841 over the weekend for a total of 22,961.

This meant the UK’s coronavirus dashboard showed cases of COVID-19 in Lincolnshire increased by 195, another 90 in North Lincolnshire, and 36 in North East Lincolnshire.

The latest data also means North Lincolnshire has passed the 1,000 cases mark, while the number Greater Lincolnshire residents who have died after testing positive for coronavirus have passed 400.

In the government figures two deaths were confirmed to be Lincolnshire residents, but in NHS data there was one further death in a Lincolnshire Community Health Service facility and two under United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust care.

Overall this means 393 cases have been confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire during the first five days of October.

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

The national figure now stands at 502,978.

A message from the Editor:

Thank you for reading this story on our website. While I have your attention, I also have an important request to make of you.

In order for us to continue to provide high quality and trusted local news on this free-to-read site, I am asking you to also please purchase a copy of our newspaper.

Our journalists are highly trained and our content is independently regulated by IPSO to some of the most rigorous standards in the world. But being your eyes and ears comes at a price. So we need your support more than ever to buy our newspapers during this crisis.

With the coronavirus lockdown having a major impact on many of our local valued advertisers - and consequently the advertising that we receive - we are more reliant than ever on you helping us to provide you with news and information by buying a copy of our newspaper.

Thank you

Nancy Fielder, editor