CovidC patient dies and 57 test positive

A FURTHER 57 people have n now tested positive for Covid-19 a across northern Lincolnshire. In the daily coronavirus u update published by the G Government, it confirmed that t there were 26 new cases in N North East Lincolnshire, b bringing the overall cases to 8 8,260 since the pandemic b began.

In North Lincolnshire, there w were 31 new cases, bringing t ther overall case number to 8 8,688 since the start of the p pandemic.

This is a big decrease in daily c cases for North Lincolnshire, w who have had 50 new cases on S Saturday and 42 new cases on F Friday.

However, North Lincolnshire still has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in the country - with a rate of 158.5 cases per 100,000 population. This makes the area the second highest rate for upper tier local authorities in England, only behind Barnsley. North East Lincolnshire has a case rate of 102.2 cases per 100,000 population - which puts them in 14th place between Tameside and Kirklees.

In East Lindsey, there were 16 new cases, bringing their overall total to 6,180.

The coronavirus case rate currently stands at 87.5 cases per 100,000 population.

Sadly, one coronavirus patient being treated at a hospital in northern Lincolnshire has died - the first local hospital death since March 14.

This brings the overall total for hospital deaths in hospitals run by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust to 444.

As of Friday morning, there were 35 patients being treated in the region’s hospitals – 12 at Grimsby’s Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital and almost double that at Scunthorpe General Hospital, with 23. Of these, three were in the ICU – one at Grimsby and two at Scunthorpe.