Three more deaths recorded in Lincoln

There were three more coronavirus deaths recorded over the last eight days in Lincoln.

A total of 288 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 8 (Thursday) – up from 285 August 31.

They were among 15,147 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 165,369 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 8 (Thursday) – up from 164,264 eight days previous.

The UK Covid dashboard is now being updated weekly on Thursdays.