Rutland has recorded 5 more cases of Covid-19 today, compared with ten yesterday.

It means the county's 7-day case rate remains stable at 102.7 cases per 100,000, based on 41 cases over the past week, after rising sharply in recent weeks.

Once more, there were no deaths.

Some 33 cases were recorded in the week to Sunday, compared with 26 in the week to Friday and 21 cases in the week to last Tuesday and 5 cases in the week to the Tuesday before.

However, the 7-day case rate, which now stands at 102.7 remains well below the England average of 138.4 cases per 100,000.

England's 7-day case rate has crept up in recent weeks, whilst in Rutland it has fluctuated at low levels, at one stage recently amongst the lowest in the country, before increasing strongly in recent weeks.

Rutland has now recorded 1780 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 65, the same as yesterday- about one for every 600 residents, which compares with the national average of one-in-500 residents.

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

Meanwhile, in Lincolnshire, the 7-day case rate for South Kesteven has increased again, amid growing case numbers nationally and across Lincolnshire.

The district recorded 14 cases cases today, compared with 10 yesterday, 27 over the weekend, 6 last Tuesday and 10 the Tuesday before.

Overall, some 69 cases have been recorded over the past week compared to 55 in the week to yesterday and 57 in the week to Friday.

This gives South Kesteven a 7-day case rate of 48.4 cases per 100,000, which is about a third of the England average of 138.4. The England average 7-day rate has steadily risen in recent weeks, while the South Kesteven figure has tended to fluctuate at a much reduced level.

No deaths were recorded and the number since the start of the pandemic remains at 270. The last fatality in the district was over a month ago, with two fatalities in just over two months.

Overall, there were 257 cases of coronavirus confirmed across Greater Lincolnshire on Tuesday, as a sharp rise in children forced out of school has been recorded.

The government's COVID-19 dashboard on Tuesday reported 146 new cases in Lincolnshire, 90 in North East Lincolnshire and 21 in North Lincolnshire. There were no deaths reported in government or NHS England figures.

Nationally, cases increased by 20,479 to 4,775,301 while deaths rose by 23 to 128,126.

Department for Education figures have shown a sharp rise in pupils sent home from school in England because of COVID.

More than 375,000 pupils have been out of school since March – with the latest increase of 130,000 taking place in the last week.

The government is also looking at how it can allow double-jabbed people to travel without necessarily having to quarantine.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has told the House of Commons that any exemptions are likely to be phased in and that it is "a complicated policy that takes time to work through".