One more death recorded in West Lindsey

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in West Lindsey.

A total of 280 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on June 28 (Tuesday) – up from 279 on Monday.

They were among 14,301 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 West Lindsey.

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

A total of 156,765 deaths were recorded throughout England by June 28 (Tuesday) – up from 156,648 on Monday.