Rutland's 7-day case has again increased today similar to national trends.

There were 26 cases today and once more, no more deaths!

Today's 26 positive tests compares with 13 yesterday and 41 over the weekend. Last Tuesday saw 23 recorded and 22 the Tuesday before that.

However, the district a 7-day infection rate is now 343.4 cases per 100,000, which compares with 318.7 yesterday and 284.1 on Sunday. It also compares with 237.2 last Tuesday and 365.6 two weeks ago.

The county now has recorded 3260 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.

Nationally, 34,526 cases were recorded today, making it 244,164 over the past 7 days, an increase of 26,585 (12.2%) over the week before.

Today saw 167 deaths recorded, making it 920 over the week, a drop of 89 or 8.8 per cent over the week before.

On Friday September 24, the latest date figures are available, there were Daily