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A man who was assaulted on Saturday afternoon in Lincoln has died, with police now investigating his murder.

The 53-year-old victim died at the scene shortly after police arrived at around 5.55pm on October 24 on Newark Road.

Two men, aged 25 and 31, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody.

A police cordon was in place across several streets down Newark Road.

Detective Inspector Chris Marriott, from East Midlands Special Operations Unit, said: “We attended a report of an assault in which one man has died.

“To enable us to carry out our investigations, officers had to lock down the crime scene and as a result residents and workers were unable to enter or leave this location.

“The main scene cordon has now been lifted so residents can return to their homes. A small cordon remains in place on the roadside.

“We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank people for their patience.

“Our investigations are ongoing and the two arrested men remain in custody and will be questioned in due course.

“Officers will be in the area today carrying out further enquiries and we are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage of the area at around the time this happened to contact us on 101.”

If you can assist with the police investigation call 101, quoting incident number 346 of October 24 or email [email protected].

You can also report anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A section of Newark Road in Lincoln between St Catherine’s and Brant Road remains closed after a serious assault on Saturday afternoon.

Police were called to the incident at around 5.55pm on October 24 after a man was seriously injured in an assault.

Two men have been arrested since in connection with the incident.

Lincolnshire Police have yet to release more details about the victim or the people arrested.

A police cordon remains in place.

There have been 1,429 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Greater Lincolnshire this week.

The latest UK coronavirus dashboard figures for Friday showed 153 cases in Lincolnshire, 44 in North Lincolnshire and 73 in North East Lincolnshire.

In total there have been 4,286 cases for the month of October.

This week has also seen 25 deaths of Greater Lincolnshire residents reported by government, with eight of those confirmed to be in the region’s hospitals.

NHS figures for Friday reported three further deaths in hospitals, with two taking place at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust facilities and one at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust facilities.

The government’s own death tally, which includes those both in and out of hospitals and those of residents in hospitals outside the county, showed five new deaths, including four in Lincolnshire and one in North Lincolnshire.

Nationally, cases increased by 20,530 to 830,998, while deaths jumped by 224 to 44,571.

A chart of Lincolnshire’s cases up to October 23.

Lincolnshire is currently still on the medium (tier 1) level for the the new three-tier lockdown system of COVID-19 risk, which means it has no extra restrictions on top of the nation-wide ones.

In other news today, health bosses in Lincolnshire expect more areas of the UK to go into higher tiers in the coming weeks, including potentially “some areas of Lincolnshire”.

They believe the county should have some control over more complicated test and trace contacts, after the Prime Minister admitted the national system “needs to improve”.

As of Friday, there are 88 patients with coronavirus at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire NHS Foundation Trust facilities.

Also, parents are being urged to make sure children follow the social distancing rules during half-term, to avoid outbreaks in schools upon their return.

Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Friday, October 23

8,878 cases (up 270)

• 5,755 in Lincolnshire (up 153)
• 1,804 in North Lincolnshire (up 44)
• 1,319 in North East Lincolnshire (up 73)

446 deaths (up five)

• 299 from Lincolnshire (up four)
• 94 from North Lincolnshire (up one)
• 43 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)

of which 292 hospital deaths (up three)

• 155 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up two)
• 6 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
• 1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
• 130 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up one)

830,998 UK cases, 44,571 deaths

DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update. postcode data includes deaths not in healthcare facilities or in hospitals outside authority boundaries.