CORONAVIRUS: 55 patients so far discharged from Lincolnshire's hospitals after COVID-19 treatment

Figures from United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust include the number of people who tested positive for coronavirus and were treated at Lincoln, Grantham and Boston hospitals.

Mark Brassington, Deputy Chief Executive at ULHT, said the discharges were down to the work of “proactive” staff in hospitals.

As of yesterday's (Wednesday) figures, 33 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in the county’s hospitals and 319 cases have been confirmed as testing positive.

“If we take our foot off the gas, we will almost certainly see a difference in the numbers,” he said.

Professor Stephen Powis, medical director at NHS England, said infections and hospital admissions were starting to “plateau” and warned against complacency.

The UK saw a record 938 deaths yesterday (April 8), but Dame Angela McLean, the government’s deputy chief scientific adviser, said the number of new cases were not “accelerating out of control”.

It comes as the government hinted that lockdown could be extended into May because scientists believe the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak might not come for another 10 days.

Sir Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser, said the data was beginning to show change but the government “won’t know that for sure for a week or so.”

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