Rutland has again recorded no deaths and just one case today.

And due to revisions in how the numbers have been calculated, the grand total of 1645 cases since the start of the pandemic is the same as it was on Friday.

In the week to today, the county has recorded 11 cases over the past week, close to the 2021-low of 9 cases over a week, which was recorded on Friday.

The figures also mean the county has also gone more than three weeks without a death, a milestone which was reached on Wednesday.

Altogether, Rutland has seen 1645 cases since the start of the pandemic. This is equivalent to about one case for every 25 residents.

The 7-day infection rate is now 27.6 cases per 100,000, which is similar to the England average of 26.8 cases per 100,000.

The numbers of deaths of people dying within 28 days of testing positive with the virus again remained at 61, which is equivalent to about one for every 700 residents. This compares to an England average of about one-in-500.

Meanwhile, a further fall has been recorded in South Kesteven's 7-day infection rate.

Fourteen Covid-19 cases were recorded in South Kesteven over the weekend and eight today.

The number of cases has fallen from 67 in the week to Friday to 54 in the week to Sunday and 52 in the week to today. The equivalent figure last Monday was 71.

This gives a 7-day rate of 35.5 cases per 100,00, which compares with the England average of 26.8.

In total, 7503 cases have been recorded in South Kesteven since the start of the pandemic. This is just over one-in-20 of the population.

As mentioned, no deaths were recorded over the weekend and today, but last Tuesday the district record its first Covid-linked fatality in more than 3 weeks.

The total of 266 since the start of the pandemic means that around one-in-600 South Kesteven residents will have died withing 28 days of a positive test for the virus.

This is better than the England average of one-in-500 residents.

Overall in Greater Lincolnshire, there have been 56 new cases and two COVID-related deaths on Monday, which amounted for half of all national coronavirus deaths recorded today.

The government's COVID-19 dashboard on April 19 reported 37 new cases in Lincolnshire, 15 in North Lincolnshire and four in North Lincolnshire.

On Monday, one death was recorded in Lincolnshire and one in North Lincolnshire. This figure includes deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.

Nationally, cases increased by 2,963 to 4,390,783, while deaths rose by four to 127,274 — the lowest national death number since September. Half of those deaths were in Greater Lincolnshire.

Over 10 million people have now had the second dose of a COVID vaccine nationally.

In national news, health officials are investigating whether a COVID variant first found in India spreads more easily and evades vaccines.

There is not yet enough data to classify it as a "variant of concern", a leading scientist has said.

But Dr Susan Hopkins of Public Health England said cases had been found in the UK that were not linked to travel, with their origin being investigated.

Boris Johnson has said it was "only sensible" to cancel his trip to India, due to take place on April 26, given the coronavirus situation in the country.

India has been reporting more than 200,000 COVID cases daily since April 15 and has been added to the UK COVID travel 'red list'.