Rutland recorded no deaths or cases over the weekend.

This has happened a couple of times before in recent months and the latest lacks of incidents helped the county record amongst it lowest 7-day infection rates since last summer.

Overall, the UK government's Covid-19 tracker shows the county as having 6 cases over the past week.

This gives Rutland a 7-day infection rate of 15 cases per 100,000 of population, compared with 22.5 last Sunday and the Sunday before. Last Wednesday, the rate was 12.5 cases per 100,000, based on 5 cases in the week until then.

This compares with the England average of 21.3 cases per 100,000.

Rutland has 1680 cases recorded since the start of the pandemic- about one case for every 25 residents. This compares with the England average of almost one-in-15.

The number of deaths remains at 62- about one for every 600 residents..

The last death was recorded on the last Wednesday of April, the only death with Covid-19 recorded in Rutland during April and so far in May.

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Meanwhile, in Lincolnshire, South Kesteven has recorded its first death linked to Covid-19 in nearly 6 weeks.

The fatality over the weekend puts the district's death tally on 267, equivalent to about one-in-600 residents, which is better than the England average of one-in-500 residents.

Four cases were recorded in South Kesteven over the weekend, compared with four last weekend and five the weekend before, according to the government's UK Covid-19 Tracker.

This gives the district a 7-day infection rate of 14.7 cases per 100,000, a slight increase on the 12.6 recorded on Friday, but well down on the 18.3 recorded last Sunday and the 23.2 cases per 100,000 the Sunday before.

The current 7-day rate is based on 21 cases recorded over the past week and its rate of 14.7 compares with the England average of 21.3.

The grand total of 7621 cases since the start of the pandemic is equivalent to just over one case per 20 residents. The national average is about one-in-15.

Whilst the figures fluctuate, the latest figures remain among the lowest since last year and less than a thirtieth of figures earlier in the year when the weekly rate exceeded 400 cases per 100,000.

Overall, there were 191 coronavirus cases recorded last week in Greater Lincolnshire and two COVID-related deaths – a 37% drop in cases from the week before, but one more death.

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The government's COVID-19 dashboard over the weekend recorded 31 new cases in Lincolnshire, 11 in North Lincolnshire and five in North East Lincolnshire.

One death was registered at the weekend, making the weekly total two. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.

Over the weekend, national cases increased to 4,462,538, while deaths rose to 127,721. Yesterday, the number of deaths increased by 5.

In national news over the weekend, more than 60 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in the UK.

It comes after 762,361 first and second jabs were delivered in total across the country on Saturday – the second highest number since the rollout began late last year. Only 20 March saw more vaccines administered – 844,285.

More ways of supporting people to self-isolate in areas with higher coronavirus infection rates are to be piloted in nine parts of England.

There will be "buddying" services for people needing mental health support and alternative accommodation for those in overcrowded homes.

The prospects for ending all coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England on June 21 are "looking good" as long as people are careful, said Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency.

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However, other scientists said the latest Indian variant could spread widely even with high vaccination coverage and the public were urged to get second shots.