Rutland has again effectively maintained the lowest 7-day infection rate since last Summer.

The district recorded one new case today and again, there were no deaths.

Today's single case gives a grand total of 1681 cases since the start of the pandemic- around one in 25 of Rutland's population.

The district has now recorded 6 cases in the week to today, compared with 10 in the week to last Friday and 10 in the week before that.

The 7-day infection rate is 15 cases per 100,000, which bar a couple of occasions is the lowest since last Summer.

This is well below the England average of 22.1, which has has generally trended downwards and has avoided the fluctuations seen in Lincolnshire.

The Rutland figure is well down on the peak earlier this year, which reached into the 400s for cases per 100,000 of population.

The number of deaths remains at 62, which amounts to about one fatality in 700 residents, which compares to the England average of one-in-500.

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

Meanwhile in Lincolnshire, South Kesteven has recorded three cases today, a drop from the five yesterday, but in line with the threes of recent days.

The district has also gone more than a month without a death.

Overall, 32 cases have been recorded in the past week, compared with 35 the previous week and 19 the week before that.

This gives South Kesteven a 7-day infection rate of 22.5 cases per 100,000, which is just below the England average of 23.3.

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

Overall, South Kesteven has seen 7604 recorded cases since the start of the pandemic- which is about one for every 20 residents.

The number of deaths has remained at 266 for more than a month. This means that around one-in-600 residents have died within 28 days of a positive test since the pandemic started, which compares with an England average of one-in-500.

Overall, there have been seven days in a row without any coronavirus deaths in Lincolnshire, as cases dropped by nearly 5% so far this week.

The latest figures show there have been 238 new Coronavirus cases so far this week and no deaths — compared to 248 cases and three deaths last week.

The government's COVID-19 dashboard on Friday recorded 22 new cases in Lincolnshire, 11 in North Lincolnshire and four in North East Lincolnshire.

But the figures, which include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county, showed no further deaths.

National cases increased by 2,193 to 4,446,824, while deaths rose by 17 to 127,668.

In national news, England's R number range has increased to an estimated 0.8-1.1, meaning on average every 10 people infected will infect between 8 and 11 others.

It comes as Office for National Statistics figures show that about one in 1,340 people in the country had coronavirus in the week ending May 8, down from one in 1,180 the week prior.

From Monday, May 17, pubs, bars, restaurants, and other hospitality venues will be able to reopen indoors as the easing of the coronavirus lockdown continues.