Rutland has recorded four cases of Covid-19 over the weekend and again no deaths.

It comes in a week when the county has recorded 11 cases, according to official government figures, compared with 6 in the week before that and 12 in the week before that.

The grand total number of cases since the pandemic is 1666- about one in 25 of Rutland's population.

The 7-day case rate for Rutland is now 27.6 cases per 100,000, which compares with the England average of 23.4.

This 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, amounts to about one fatality in 700 residents, which compares to the England average of one-in-500. The last death was recorded last Wednesday, the only death with Covid-19 during April.

Meanwhile in Lincolnshire, South Kesteven has recorded just 5 cases of Covid-19 over the weekend.

This compares with 6 last weekend and 14 in the weekend before that.

This gives South Kesteven a 7-day infection rate of 19.7 cases per 100,000, which is just below the England average of 23.9.

This is an increase on the 13.3 cases per 100,000 recorded on Friday, but down on the 28.8 recorded last Sunday.

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 7551 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 almost 4 weeks. 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.

Nationally, the country recorded 14 fatalities within 28 days of a Covid-19 test, giving a grand total of 127,538.

The number of cases increased by 1671 to 4,420,201.