No new reported deaths in Lincolnshire's hospitals for the first time in 3 months

It's the first time across all trusts in Lincolnshire along with North and North East Lincolnshire since October 24

Covid-19
Author: Local Democracy Reporter Daniel JainesPublished 8th Feb 2021

Greater Lincolnshire has seen no new reported deaths in any of its hospitals for the first time in more than three months.

According to the latest NHS data, no new deaths were reported on Monday, the first time across all trusts in Lincolnshire along with North and North East Lincolnshire since October 24.

The last time the Lincolnshire trust had no deaths was November 7, 2020.

Deaths across Greater Lincolnshire trusts:

711 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (Lincoln, Boston)

37 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals

1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust

397 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (Scunthorpe, Grimsby)

Nationally, NHS figures show that a further 313 people who tested positive with coronavirus have died on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 76,080.

Government figures, which include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county, will be released later.

On Sunday, it was confirmed 112,465 people had died within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 death.

A total of 3,9245,680 across the UK have now had the virus.

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