Rutland's 7-day case has increased today in line with national trends and as calls are made for emergency workers to get priority for petrol supplies.

There were 13 cases recorded to day, with no deaths, making it more than 9 weeks since Rutland had a covid-related fatality.

Today's 13 cases follows 41 over the weekend, 24 on Friday, 22 last Monday, and 13 the Monday before.

However, the district a 7-day infection rate is now 318.7 cases per 100,000 of population, compared with 284.1 yesterday, 289.1 on Friday, 256.9 last Monday and 363.2 two weeks ago.

The county now has recorded 3234 having tested positive with the virus since the pandemic started- about one-in-13 of its population- better than England's one-in-9 of the population.

Rutland has now gone 9 weeks without a Covid-related fatality.

Public Health England figures say the last such death was on the weekend of July 25.

Since the pandemic started, 66 county residents have died within 28 days of testing positive. This is about one for every 600 residents, which compares with the national average of one-in-500 residents.

Prior to the county's latest fatality, the last recorded such death in England's smallest county was on Wednesday April 28. Before that it was Thursday March 25.

Meanwhile, in Lincolnshire, the county has a 7-day infection rate of 344.4 cases per 100,000 of population and higher than England's 313.7 which has been far more consistent and has also risen strongly in recent days.

The figures come amid much testing, currently running around 1.1 million or 6.7 million over a week nationally.

Meanwhile, healthcare organisations have called on the government to give key workers priority for fuel, as coronavirus cases in Lincolnshire rose by 30% on last Monday's figures.

Unison has asked the government to "designated fuel stations for the sole use of key workers" as a combination of panic buying and a shortage of lorry drivers sees some forecourts running low, or even empty, according to Sky News.

The union's general secretary Christina McAnea said: "Essential staff must be able to get to their jobs so they can continue to provide the services so many rely upon.

"Ambulance crews, nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, police staff and other key workers mustn't be left stranded or forced to queue for hours simply to get to a pump."

The measure has been backed by the British Medical Association, who say there is a risk NHS staff won't be able to do their jobs or guarantee care to patients – and other emergency services such as the Police Federation of England and Wales.

The latest COVID stats for Lincolnshire:

772 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire on Monday with 483 in Lincolnshire, 80 in North East Lincolnshire and 209 in North Lincolnshire.

Last Monday there were 599 cases – a rise of 29%.

One further death of a Lincolnshire resident was also recorded.

Nationally, cases rose by 37,960 while deaths increased by 40.

In other headlines, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to meet families of those who lost loved ones to coronavirus.

He is expected to be asked to launch an "immediate" enquiry into the pandemic Since the pandemic began, more than 136,000 people have died with COVID-19.

An international scheme which allocates vaccines around the world is to change its methodologies after the UK received more than half a million doses.

According to Reuters, other poorer countries have been given far fewer, with Botswana was only assigned 20,000 shots.

Now, an overhaul to the allocation methodology will ensure it takes into account the proportion of a country's population that has been vaccinated.

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