Our Covid cases remain stable as rest of country battles high numbers

ANOTHER 68 people have tested positive for coronavirus in northern Lincolnshire.

The region’s new case numbers have stayed at a similar level in recent days, and rates in North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire remain two of the lowest in England, where elsewhere there have been huge surges.

Across all of the UK, there were 47,525 new cases reported yesterday. There were also 1,564 new Covid-19 deaths - which is a new daily death record for the country.

In comparison, there were 68 new coronavirus cases confirmed across Northern Lincolnshire on Wednesday afternoon.

Of those new cases, 28 were in North East Lincolnshire, bringing the overall total there to 6,542 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The remaining 40 cases were confirmed for North Lincolnshire, taking the total there to 6,749. There were 67 new cases on Tuesday.

Despite more people testing positive, the region is not seeing the same large increase in infections being recorded across the rest of England.

The case rates for both areas remain some of the lowest in the country, with North East

Lincolnshire’s at 141 per 100,000 population, and North Lincolnshire’s at 143.4.

According to the NHS, this puts them as first and second in Upper Tier Local Authorities in England with the lowest rates.

Sadly, a further coronavirus hospital patient has died in northern Lincolnshire, bringing the total for January to 21 and the overall death toll to 353.

There are currently 90 coronavirus patients in hospitals run by the local NHS Trust – 46 at Grimsby, 43 at Scunthorpe and one at Goole.

Of these, six are in ICU at Grimsby and four are in ICU at Scunthorpe.