Drop in Covid cases as no new deaths reported in northern Lincolnshire for third day

A TOTAL of 25 people in northern Lincolnshire have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

In North East Lincolnshire, 10 people tested positive on Tuesday, placing its average rolling rate at 77.7.

The latest figures show 103 people in North East Lincolnshire have tested positive for coronavirus in the past week, a 23.7 per cent decrease on the previous week.

In in North Lincolnshire, 15 people gave a positive test result in the past 24 hours, putting its rolling rate to 96.9

135 people have tested positive for coronavirus in North Lincolnshire in the past week, a 43 per cent decrease in the past seven days.

There have been no new coronavirusrelated deaths at hospitals under the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust reported for the third day in a row.

The total number of people who have sadly died with Covid-19 under the Trust remains at 450 since the pandemic began.

As of Tuesday, there were 20 patients between the local hospitals – seven at Grimsby and 12 at Scunthorpe and one at

Goole. Of these, one patient is in ICU at Grimsby.

Across the UK, 2,379 more people have received a positive test result, placing the overall rolling rate at 41.4.

A further 26 people have sadly died in the UK with coronavirus, as of April 6.

It is worth noting that daily figures may be skewed this week due to the Bank Holiday weekend.

In positive news, about 31,600,000 people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine while roughly 5,500,000 have had their second.

It comes as Boris Johnson defends the AstraZeneca Covid jab after visiting the factory making them in Macclesfield, reports The Mirror.

Regulators in the UK and Europe are examining potential links between the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab and rare blood clots. The Prime Minister said: “On the Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine, the best thing people should do is look at what the MHRA say, our independent regulator - that’s why we have them, that’s why they are independent. “Their advice to people is to keep going out there, get your jab, get your second jab.”