Two more deaths recorded in North Kesteven

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

A total of 319 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 29 (Thursday) – up from 317 a week previously.

They were among 15,281 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 166,623 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 29 (Thursday) – up from 166,228 last week.