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Coronavirus crisis: Rutland confirmed cases increase to 21

By The Editor

4th May 2020 | Local News

The total number of confirmed cases of people in Rutland with coronavirus increased by one today.

The official government figure of people lab tested with the virus now stands at 21.

No further deaths were reported of Rutland residents, with the Office of National Statistics revealing on Friday that the county has suffered three deaths of people with the virus in the run up to April 17- over two weeks ago.

Meanwhile , three more people have died with coronavirus at Lincolnshire Hospitals.

The latest fatalities brings the county's total to 111.

The victims were a 94-year-old woman and two men aged 78 and 79, both of whom had underlying conditions.

On Sunday, no deaths were reported at the four hospitals- Grantham, Boston, Lincoln and Louth- run by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.

The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals reported no deaths today, leaving their tally at 72.

The North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, whose hospitals at Peterborough City and Hinchingbrooke, treat patients from Stamford, Bourne and the Deepings did not update its figures today.

Last week, they stood at 64 in Peterborough City and 35 in Hinchingbrooke.

Nationally, the death toll increased by 288 to 27,734, the lowest for several weeks.

The number of confirmed cases of the virus increased 3,985 to 190,584.

Across the region, Lincolnshire saw its numbers increase from 870 to 879.

Leicestershire saw an increase from 948 to 967.

North East Lincolnshire saw an increase of one to 136.

North Lincolnshire saw an increase from 378 to 392.

Peterborough remained on 257.

     

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