One more death recorded in Boston

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the weekend in Boston.

A total of 239 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on May 16 (Monday) – up from 238 on Friday.

They were among 14,068 deaths recorded across the East Midlands.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Boston.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

Figures reported on a Monday are likely to be lower as a result of a lag in reporting deaths over the weekend.

A total of 152,628 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 16 (Monday) – up from 152,433 on Friday.

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