Rutland continues to report fewer Covid-19 cases keeping its seven day case rate on a downward trend.

Fewer case numbers means that the weekly numbers are now almost half what they were a week ago.

In the week to yesterday, Rutland recorded 16 cases, compared with 29 in the week to last Tuesday and 30 in the week to last Wednesday and 17 in the week to Monday.

This now gives Rutland a 7-day case rate of 40.1, which is well below the England average of 58.6 cases per 100,000.

The county recorded two cases yesterday, compared with one on Monday and three over the weekend.

This gives Rutland a grand total of 1578 cases, which amounts to about one case for every 25 residents.

The number of deaths remained at 60 as it has done for about 2 weeks.

The total number of deaths with Covid-19 amounts to about one-in-700 residents, which is much better than the about one-in-500 England average.

Meanwhile, a growing number of cases has boosted the 7-day infection rate in South Kesteven.

The number of cases recorded over the past week has increased to 102 in the week to yesterday, 94 in the week to Monday and 89 in the week to Sunday.

Last week, South Kesteven recorded 81 cases in the week to Tuesday and 80 cases in the week to Wednesday, before numbers started drifting up again.

The increase of around a quarter now gives South Kesteven a 7-day case rate of 71.6 cases per 100,000 residents.

This compares with an England average of 58.6, which has been consistently declining in recent weeks.

The number of cases in South Kesteven was recorded at 14 yesterday, compared with 13 on Monday and 25 over the weekend.

This gives a grand total of 7027 cases, equivalent to one for every 25 residents.

The number of deaths remained at 263, equivalent to about one-in-600 residents. This is slightly less than the England average of about one death for every 500 residents.

Overall, there have been 129 new coronavirus cases and four COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Tuesday — a minor increase from 128 cases and three deaths this time last week.

The government's COVID-19 dashboard recorded 81 new cases in Lincolnshire, 28 in North Lincolnshire and 20 in North East Lincolnshire.

On Tuesday, three deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, one in North East Lincolnshire and -1 in North Lincolnshire. Fluctuations in data are usually due to some deaths in those areas being reallocated to other regions across the UK or a miscount. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.

On Tuesday, national cases increased by 5,294 to 4,268,821, while deaths rose by 110 to 125,690.