Rutland has reported 23 cases of Covid-19 over the weekend and no deaths.

This puts the county on 984 cases since the start of the pandemic, which amounts to 2464.5 cases per 100,000, meaning almost one-in-forty of Rutland's population have succombed to the virus at some stage and reported it.

The number of cases over the past week is 106, compared with 96 in the seven days to Friday.

This gives a current seven day infection rate 265.5 cases per 100,000, meaning about one in 400 of the county's population have reported an infection of Covid-19 over the past week.

The England 7-day average rate is about double on 537.9 cases per 100,000.

The number of deaths from Covid-19 in Rutland remained at 27, with the last death of someone with Covid-19 reported about a week ago.

Nearby Greater Lincolnshire recorded 541 new coronavirus cases and 31 COVID-related deaths over the weekend.

The government's COVID-19 dashboard recorded 414 new cases in Lincolnshire across Saturday and Sunday, 72 in North Lincolnshire and 55 in North East Lincolnshire.

Among the districts, South Kesteven, which includes Stamford, recorded 98 cases, putting it on 5196. This is equivalent to 3648.3 cases per 100,000 of population, or just over one case for every 30 since the pandemic started.

Some 426 cases have been recorded over the past week, a decrease in the 473 cases in the week to Friday. The 7-day infection rate of 299.1 per 100,000 is equivalent to almost one in 300 of the population.

The number of deaths in South Kesteven increased four to 161 since the start of the pandemic.

Overall, by the end of Sunday, 26 deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, three in North East Lincolnshire and two in North Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.

The weekend saw national cases increase to 3,395,959, while deaths rose to 89,261.

People in England aged 70 and over, as well as the clinically extremely vulnerable, will begin receiving offers of a coronavirus vaccine this week. 

The Prime Minister said the move was a "significant milestone" in the nation's vaccination programme.

Everyone arriving in the UK from abroad must now self-isolate as the government order to shut all travel corridors comes into effect.

The tighter restrictions, intended to protect against the spread of coronavirus variants, were announced last week by Boris Johnson.

Over the weekend, ambulance staff have said they are "at breaking point" as new data has shown a new COVID-19 patient is admitted to hospital "every 30 seconds".

NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens told the BBC's Andrew Marr the NHS was in a perilous situation with 15,000 more inpatients than there had been on Christmas Day.

All UK adults should be offered the first dose of a COVID vaccine by September — with the hope some restrictions can be lifted by March, Dominic Raab has told Sky News.

Speaking on Sophy Ridge on Sunday, the foreign secretary said: "Our target is that by September to have offered all the adult population a first dose, if we can do it faster than that's great, but that's the roadmap."