Five more deaths recorded in North Kesteven

There were five more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in North Kesteven.

A total of 329 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on November 3 (Thursday) – up from 324 on the week before.

They were among 15,729 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 North Kesteven.

A total of 170,881 deaths were recorded throughout England by November 3 (Thursday) – up from 169,882 last week.