One more death recorded in West Lindsey

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the latest weekly period in West Lindsey.

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter

Published 5th May 2023, 09:10 BST

A nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, in south east London. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021.

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the latest weekly period in West Lindsey.

The latest figures from the UK coronavirus dashboard show a total of 337 people had died in the area by April 20 – up from 336 on the week before.

They were among 17,553 deaths recorded across the East Midlands.

The weekly figures now include anyone whose death certificate – registered up to 14 days before May 4 (Thursday) – mentions Covid-19 as one of the causes.

A total of 190,609 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 20.