Three more deaths recorded in West Lindsey

There were three more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in West Lindsey.

A total of 305 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on October 13 (Thursday) – up from 302 on September 8.

They were among 15,434 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.

A total of 167,949 deaths were recorded throughout England by October 13 (Thursday) – up from 167,176 last week.