No more deaths recorded in Lincoln

There were no more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Lincoln.

A total of 290 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on October 6 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from on September 8.

They were among 15,343 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 Lincoln.

A total of 167,176 deaths were recorded throughout England by October 6 (Thursday) – up from 166,623 last week.