Six more deaths recorded in North Kesteven

There were six more coronavirus deaths recorded over the last eight days in North Kesteven.

A total of 315 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 8 (Thursday) – up from 309 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 North Kesteven.

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.