Rewind the week 15 coronavirus lockdown updates from Lincoln and Lincolnshire.
3,343 coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire (up from 3,334)
2,420 in Lincolnshire (up from 2,413)
717 in North Lincolnshire (up from 716)
204 in North East Lincolnshire (up from 203)
436 COVID-19 deaths in Greater Lincolnshire (no change)
141 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)
3 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
118 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (no change)
114 in Lincolnshire care homes (no change)
52 in North Lincolnshire care homes (no change)
7 in North East Lincolnshire care homes (no change)
285,416 cases, 44,220 deaths in total
DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF the latest update
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29th June 2020 11:21am
‘Virus hasn’t gone away’: One death and one new COVID-19 case in Lincolnshire this weekend
This weekend saw one additional reported COVID-19 related death in Lincolnshire and one further case confirmed bringing the totals to 144 deaths and 1,149 cases.
Health officials in the county warned the virus “hasn’t gone away” despite low numbers across the county recently.
Lincolnshire County Council’s director of public health pointed to Leicester potentially facing a “local lockdown”, along with spikes elsewhere in the world such as Beijing, parts of the USA and areas of India.
Leicester saw a rise of 900 cases in just two weeks. Lincolnshire has recorded 38 so far this month – just 4.2% of the city’s figure.
Mr Ward said: “Obviously, it’s a tragedy that people are still dying from COVID-19, but the numbers are low, and have certainly gone lower over the past month, so that’s great.
“But the disease hasn’t gone away, and we need to keep that message in the forefront of people’s minds, because we’ve seen spikes all over the world – in some places where they thought that got on top of it.”
One new coronavirus death in Northern Lincolnshire hospitals
There has been one new COVID-19 related death at either Grimsby or Scunthorpe hospitals, but no further fatalities in Lincolnshire on Monday.
The June 29 NHS statistics bring the total number of people to die after testing positive for coronavirus in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals to 117.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust remains unchanged at 140 deaths after one additional report over the weekend, along with three at Lincolnshire Community Health Service and one at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust facilities.
North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals has seen eight deaths in June so far, while ULHT has seen an extra six over the course of the month.
North and North East Lincolnshire has seen a combined rise of 20 confirmed cases since June 1, while Lincolnshire has seen an increase of 38.
Nationally, a further 19 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus have died in England hospitals, bringing the total to 28,672.
29th June 2020 3:14pm
Patient visits to resume at Lincolnshire community hospitals
Family and friends will be able to see their loved ones staying in Lincolnshire’s four community hospitals when patient visiting resumes on July 1.
The Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) is the primary community healthcare provider in the county and runs facilities in Louth, Skegness, Gainsborough and Pinchbeck.
In March, the trust made the decision to suspend visiting arrangements with immediate effect, but they will resume again from Wednesday.
All visitors will be required to book an appointment in advance by contacting the ward clerk before visiting the impatient wards.
There have been no new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Lincolnshire today.
According to government figures for Wednesday the total for the county remains at 1,149.
North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire numbers have also stayed steady at 424 and 166 respectively.
It means the total for the Greater Lincolnshire area stays the same at 1,839.
The North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire authorities have seen a combined rise of 20 confirmed cases since June 1.
Lincolnshire itself has seen an increase of 38 over the same period.
One new coronavirus-related death was reported at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust today bringing the total number to 117.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust remained unchanged at 140 deaths.
North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals has seen eight deaths in June so far, while ULHT has seen an extra six over the course of the month.
Nationally, a further 19 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus have died in England hospitals, bringing the total to 28,672.
30th June 2020 3:18pm
No new coronavirus deaths in Lincolnshire on Tuesday
There have been no new coronavirus-related deaths reported at any of Greater Lincolnshire’s hospitals on June 30.
This mean that for the month of June, there were six COVID-19 deaths at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (Lincoln, Boston Grantham) and 8 at Northern Lincolnshire hospitals (Scunthorpe, Grimsby).
NHS statistics for Tuesday show figures for all hospital trusts remaining as follows:
140 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
3 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust
117 in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
The total number of deaths across Greater Lincolnshire remains at 332.
ULHT has not seen any additional reported deaths since Saturday’s report, however, NLAG reported an additional one yesterday taking their number up.
Nationally, a further 37 people who tested positive for the Coronavirus have died in England’s hospitals, bringing the total to 28,709.
Updated case numbers will be released later today, however, according to government figures for Monday the total for Lincolnshire remained at 1,149.
North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire numbers also stayed steady at 424 and 166 respectively.
It meant the total for the Greater Lincolnshire area stays the same at 1,839.
1st July 2020 10:54am
Lincolnshire to see “significant” increase in COVID-19 cases — from old data
Health bosses expect a “significant” jump in the number of confirmed positive cases in the next few days as data from the Lincolnshire Showground and mobile testing units is revealed.
Previously local authority’s only received pillar one data (from hospitals and healthcare testing) but government is now sending out pillar two data – community testing such as the Lincolnshire Showground and mobile testing units as well, leaving health officials in the region to sift through the new numbers.
Derek Ward, director of public health at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “We would expect a significant number of people will have tested positive in Lincolnshire through the Showground and the mobile testing units, and that data should be available to us quite soon and we’ll report it.”
He said the data was still being worked through and official numbers should be revealed in the coming days.
However, he reassured people that those in pillar two were those being tested before needing NHS care and that a “a lot of people… who are positive will isolate and will have cleared the virus themselves and not needed hospital care”.
Council leaders ask for common sense on the coast ahead of pubs reopening
Two Lincolnshire council leaders say “common sense” and “reasonable adjustments” are needed when visiting the coast, especially with many pubs and restaurants reopening this weekend.
Thousands of people flocked to Bournemouth beach last week and during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Boris Johnson said the scenes in the coastal town were “completely unacceptable”.
There are some fears that people could flock to the Lincolnshire coast this weekend, including from Leicester which was recently put back into a stricter lockdown. However, Lincolnshire Police will have more officers on duty to ensure a “sensible and safe” July 4 return.
Councillor Martin Hill and Craig Leyland, who are the respective leaders at Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District Council, have issued a joint statement saying “we are a long way away from returning to normal”.
South Kesteven council calls for more power as it demands restoration of A&E
South Kesteven councillors have called for more say in the decisions around Grantham Hospital as they demanded the full restoration of accident and emergency services.
A meeting of the full council on Wednesday expressed “grave concerns” over ULHT’s temporary closure of the department in 2016, which has been turned into a Urgent Treatment Centre in June 2020 as part of the trust’s coronavirus plans.
The motion before the meeting called on council leader Kelham Cooke to write to health and scrutiny bosses with concerns, as well as calling on Health Minister Matt Hancock to reverse the changes and give local authorities “fair representation” on the “decision-making affecting health in their communities”.
During the meeting, council leader Kelham Cooke said “alarm bells” were ringing and the motion sent a “clear indication of this council’s dismay”.
“The issue goes beyond the provision of an around-the-clock urgent treatment centre.
Councils to get extra cash to cover some coronavirus losses
Greater Lincolnshire councils cash-strapped by coronavirus will be able to claim from more than £500m of new government funding pots and be compensated for some of their losses, it has been announced.
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick said the money would help “ensure councils’ financial sustainability for the future”.
In addition, authorities will be reimbursed for some of their lost income, said Mr Jenrick.
Where losses are more than 5% of a council’s planned income from sales, fees and charges, the government will cover them for 75p in every pound lost.
Further government changes will also allow tax deficits to be spread over three years rather than one.
New data shows over 80% old extra COVID-19 cases in Lincolnshire
The number of cases of coronavirus confirmed in Lincolnshire’s hospitals has increased by more than 1,400 (80%) after new testing figures were included on Wednesday.
Government figures released today show that a total of 3,328 coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire including both pillar one (hospital and health care testing), and historic pillar two (fixed testing sites, mobile and home testing) data.
They are broken down as follows
2,410 in Lincolnshire (up from 1,158)
715 in North Lincolnshire (up from 524)
203 in North East Lincolnshire (up from 166)
The total increase including the data was 1,480.
Nationally there have now been 283,757 cases and 43,995 deaths.
New COVID-19 data shows infection still limited in Lincolnshire
Around 3% of historic COVID-19 tests carried out at the Lincolnshire Showground, mobile testing units and through home kits since the beginning of the pandemic have come back positive according to latest data.
The total for Greater Lincolnshire was 3,328 coronavirus cases including both pillar one (hospital and health care testing), and pillar two (fixed testing sites, mobile and home testing) data.
Lincolnshire’s director of public health Derek Ward said it was really helpful to now have much of the required data in one place – though more was still needed for a fuller picture.
He said: “It’s really important that we know how many people in hospital have coronavirus because obviously they’re generally the most sick and the most at risk people, and we’ve had that from very early doors.
“But it’s really important as well to understand how many people are isolated and then going to get a test and how many of those positive.”
Health bosses also now have data at a post-code level meaning they will soon be able to see where hotspots are flaring up across the county.
According to health chiefs in the county, 40,870 pillar two tests were carried out between April and June 30 – meaning the 1,252 confirmed cases represent 3.06% of tests carried out.
There have been no new coronavirus-related deaths reported across Greater Lincolnshire hospitals on July 2.
NHS statistics for Thursday show figures for all hospital trusts as follows:
141 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)
3 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
118 in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole (no change)
The total for Greater Lincolnshire hospital deaths is now is now 263.
So far this week there have been three additional deaths involving COVID-19 reported in Lincolnshire’s hospitals, with NLAG seeing new cases on June 29 and July 2 – the latter date also saw ULHT record a new death.
Nationally, a further 38 people, who tested positive for the coronavirus have died in hospitals in England on Friday, bringing the total to 28,832.
The Office for National Statistics today also revealed the latest death toll for care homes across Lincolnshire.
There have now been 173 deaths in the sector across the three Greater Lincolnshire authorities – meaning the overall death toll across hospitals and the care sector is 436.
Updated case numbers will be released later today, however, yesterday’s release of previously unreported pillar two cases – those from testing sites such as the Lincolnshire Showground, the mobile units and home testing – the number of cases in Lincolnshire jumped to 2,410 – up from 1,158 the day before.
North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire numbers also increased to 715 and 203 respectively.
It means the total for the Greater Lincolnshire is now 3,328.
3rd July 2020 5:00pm
Lincoln bars and pubs ready for reopening weekend
Bars, pubs and restaurants in and around Lincoln are getting ready to reopen on Saturday as the country tries to gradually ease back into a kind of ‘new normal’ after more than 100 days of coronavirus lockdown.
Several venue will be doing table service only and minimal staff contact is encouraged as part of the government guidelines, while some are allowing socially distanced ordering at the bar behind protective screens.
The Lincolnite spoke to the managers at Craft and The Imp & Angel micropub about how they planned to reopen on July 4.
Four COVID-19 cases confirmed in Lincolnshire on Friday
The number of cases of coronavirus confirmed in Lincolnshire has increased by four in Friday’s figures.
Government figures released today show that a total of 3,334 coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire including both pillar one (hospital and health care testing), and pillar two (fixed testing sites, mobile and home testing) data.
They are broken down as follows
2,413 in Lincolnshire (up from 2,410)
716 in North Lincolnshire (up from 715)
203 in North East Lincolnshire (no change)
It follows a massive 80% hike in numbers after historical pillar two data was included in Thursday’s numbers.
At the beginning of the week there were 1,839 cases.
Nationally there have now been 284,276 cases and 44,131 deaths.
Five stages of future local lockdowns announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced five key stages which will define local lockdowns as the country looks to move forward against coronavirus.
Mr Johnson said during a briefing on Friday that an approach around monitoring, engaging, testing, targeted restrictions and finally lockdowns had been developed.
He said the aim was to get as many people back to normal as possible.
“To achieve this we need to move away from blanket national measures to targeted local measures,” he said.
“So instead of locking down the whole country we will lock down specific premises or local areas where the virus is spreading.”
He said he would have “no hesitation” in reimposing restrictions if things began to get worse again.
He urged people to act responsibly as pubs, bars and restaurants re-opened tomorrow.
“Tomorrow is about supporting the livelihoods of business owners and their employees up and down the country – all of whom are opening their doors for the first time in more than three months,” he said.
“All these businesses and their workers have put in a heroic effort to prepare their venues for this reopening, to work out a way to trade in a way that keeps their customers safe.”
A timetable is expected next week for when many of the remaining closed businesses such as gyms, nail bars and theatres will be able to reopen.
There have been 845 COVID cases recorded in Greater Lincolnshire on Thursday, as the UK passed 52,000 daily for the first time since July.
NHS vaccination data released on Thursday revealed that 1,131,705 doses COVID jabs had now been handed out in Lincolnshire. Of those, 545,844 were second jabs – around 86% of the total 634,453 population of Lincolnshire.
Nationally, a further 52,009 cases have been reported in the UK – the first time above 50,000 since mid-July and meaning there have been nine consecutive days of more than 40,000 cases. A further 115 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive test.
The latest COVID stats for Lincolnshire are:
845 new cases of coronavirus in Greater Lincolnshire with 663 in Lincolnshire, 99 in North East Lincolnshire and 83 in North Lincolnshire.
Five deaths were recorded in the government figures with four in Lincolnshire and one in North East Lincolnshire.
Hospital data showed three furthers death at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
NHS vaccination data showed 5,340 doses given out in the past week, 1.14% doses fewer than the previous week’s 5,402.
Some 567,458 people over the age of 18, and 18,403 under 18s have received their first dose, while 544,271 over 18s and 1,573 under 18s were double-dosed.
In North East Lincolnshire a total of 217,641 doses of the vaccine have been administered, with 104,865 second doses.
In North Lincolnshire, 243,725 doses have been handed out, with 117,277 being double-jabbed.
Lincolnshire’s coronavirus cases up to October 21. | Image: GOV.uk
Prime Minister Boris Johnson this afternoon said the UK was in a “much better position” than last year but added the country must “fortify” further.
“The most important thing people can do is just get that booster jab – when you get the call, get the jab,” he said during a visit to Armagh.
“The numbers are high, we see can see what’s happening, we can see the increase, now is the time to get those booster jabs, and to vaccinate the 12-15 year olds as well.”
He said the government was “sticking with our plan” among calls to move to Plan B – which would include mandatory face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces.
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Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Thursday, October 21
131,118 cases (up 845)
87,049 in Lincolnshire (up 663)
21,493 in North Lincolnshire (up 83)
22,576 in North East Lincolnshire (up 99)
2,384 deaths (up five)
1,742 from Lincolnshire (up four)
328 from North Lincolnshire (up one)
314 from North East Lincolnshire (up one)
of which 1,433 hospital deaths (up three)
879 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up three)
44 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
509 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up one)
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.
Lincoln City goalkeeper Sam Long has joined non-league side Gainsborough Trinity on loan until January.
Long, 18, is an academy graduate at the Imps and made his competitive City debut in the 3-2 Papa John’s Trophy win over Manchester United U21s in August.
He has gone on to feature in two more cup appearances, keeping a clean sheet in the 3-0 win at Bradford City, and will now get the opportunity for more first team action at Gainsborough Trinity.
Sam will join fellow Imps teenagers Hayden Cann and Jovon Makama on loan at the Northern Premier League side, managed by former Lincoln City under-18s coach Tom Shaw.
His temporary departure has been facilitated by the loan signings of Josh Griffiths and Archie Mair this summer, meaning that there is now adequate cover for Sam Long to get minutes elsewhere and further his development.
Director of football Jez George said: “As we’ve said previously, we always intended Sam to go out on loan this season so that he can experience men’s football and play regularly.
“It was fantastic for Sam to make his first team debut, play in all three of this season’s Papa John’s Trophy group matches and experience the first team matchday environment over the past 10 months, but now that Archie Mair has joined us on loan from Norwich it enables Sam to get a run of games at a challenging level.
“We will review the arrangement in January and then decide what is best for Sam’s ongoing development for the remainder of the season.”
A mother-of-six who lives near Gainsborough was awarded a damages settlement of £10,000 as a piece of placenta was left inside her after giving birth at Lincoln County Hospital.
The 30-year-old woman, who wished to remain anonymous, suffered an infection, blood loss and pain which made it difficult to bond with her baby girl, who was born on May 26, 2018.
A medical negligence claim was made against United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.
Despite telling midwives that she felt something was wrong at the time, the woman was discharged from Lincoln County Hospital and assured there had been no complications.
However, the woman, who had experienced a similar issue after a previous birth, said the pain caused her to struggle with her new baby at home.
The woman’s solicitor from Hudgell Solicitors said hospital notes stated that the placenta had been delivered five minutes after birth.
However, she suffered constant pains and bleeding and was reviewed at Scunthorpe General Hospital on June 12.
A scan then confirmed a 6cm piece of placenta had been left inside her. She underwent surgery to remove it the next day, but remained in pain and continued to lose blood.
A further scan on June 22 confirmed part of the placenta still remained, but she had to wait until August 20 for another operation, in which the remaining section was removed.
The mother wanted to share her story after a recent YouGov survey into maternity care and birth injury, which highlighted how some mothers feel their concerns are too easily dismissed.
The joint piece of research, commissioned by Hudgell Solicitors and the mother and baby charity Baby Lifeline, showed a quarter of mums were left feeling unsatisfied with the support they received before, during or after giving birth.
Lincoln County Hospital (left) and Scunthorpe General Hospital (right). | Photo: Steve Smailes/The Lincolnite
The Lincolnshire mum said: “It was hard because I couldn’t really do much, I felt bad because I needed family and friends to help look after my baby girl.
“I couldn’t hold her for very long because of the pain. I couldn’t bend down or pick her up to change her or anything like that. It felt like I lost a lot of bonding time with her when she was a baby.
“When I was told I had to have another operation, as they hadn’t got all the placenta out the first time, I was annoyed and it left me having to go back in and be messed about with again. It was another delay when I was still in pain.
“When the scan showed the piece of placenta inside me I felt mad because I warned them after I gave birth that I had the same feeling that I’d had with my previous birth, when it also happened then.
“But I just got ignored and they were just saying ‘it’s normal, it’s fine’. Because I went through it previously I knew that my instincts were right, but all I kept getting told was ‘we’ve checked the placenta, it’s fine, there’s nothing there’.
“When I was on the wards and said I was in pain it felt like they just ignored me. I also told the midwife when she came a couple of days after I had been sent home that I’d lost loads of blood clots, but they just shrugged it off and said it was normal.”
The woman instructed Hudgell Solicitors to look at her case and a medical negligence claim was made against United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.
Sarah Colgrave, a solicitor in the Clinical Negligence team at Hudgell Solicitors, issued a list of allegations that she said “amounted to breaches of care on behalf of the NHS Trusts” and resulted in “unnecessary suffering” for the mother.
The solicitors said overall liability was denied and the Trusts only collectively admitted to a breach of duty of care in relation to a delay in arranging the second surgery to remove the placenta.
After indicating an intention to take the case before a judge in court, the Trusts returned with a five-figure damages offer which was accepted by the woman.
Peter Reading, Chief Executive at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We apologise for the delay this patient experienced waiting for their second operation and are pleased that this has now been settled.”
The Lincolnite also contacted United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust for a statement and are awaiting a response.
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