There have been 292 new coronavirus cases and 18 COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Christmas Day.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 229 new cases in Lincolnshire, 36 in North Lincolnshire and 27 in North East Lincolnshire.
On Friday, 14 deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, three in North Lincolnshire and one in North East Lincolnshire. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
NHS England reported five new local hospital deaths at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, three at United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust and one at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals.
The total number of local hospital deaths have now surpassed 800 since the start of the pandemic.
Christmas Day saw national cases increase by 32,725 to 2,221,312, while deaths rose by 570 to 70,195.
Millions of people in the UK have spent Christmas Day apart from loved ones as new tier restrictions have limited the number of people who can meet.
This comes as national deaths have passed the grim milestone of 70,000.
Queen Elizabeth II used her annual Christmas message to thank medical staff for their efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis has called on world leaders to ensure unfettered access to coronavirus vaccines for everyone.
Infection rates have increased in every Greater Lincolnshire district since Wednesday. However, we’re still below the national average of 354.9 per 100,000 of the population, with 259.4.
Lincoln and Boston are still in the top 100 highest infection rates in the country and the national average has also increased since Wednesday.
Here’s Greater Lincolnshire’s infection rate over the last week up to December 25 according to the government’s dashboard:
Greater Lincolnshire’s infection rate from Dec 18 to Dec 25. | Data: GOV UK / Table: The Lincolnite
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire for Friday, December 25
35,228 cases (up 292)
23,502 in Lincolnshire (up 229)
5,829 in North Lincolnshire (up 36)
5,897 in North East Lincolnshire (up 27)
1,369 deaths (up 18)
959 from Lincolnshire (up 14)
211 from North Lincolnshire (up three)
199 from North East Lincolnshire (up one)
of which 808 hospital deaths (up nine)
473 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up three)
20 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (up one)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
314 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up five)
2,221,312 UK cases, 70,195 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.
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Marc Jones, the re-elected Conservative Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said that his work is not done, as he’s looking forward to a further three years in the role.
Mr Jones won with a 57.9% majority of the poll from the first round of counting, with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout. A total of 177,528 votes were placed county-wide.
The nearest candidate was Labour’s Rosanne Kirk, with a 19% share of the votes, with Lincolnshire Independent David Williams securing the third spot with 10%.
The breakdown of the votes cast on Thursday, May 6, and counted on Saturday, may 8, was:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Marc Jones: “More work to do”
“It’s very gratifying to have concluded today on the first count, that was a really positive thing for what I’ve delivered so far,” said Mr Jones.
“But I’m under no illusions having spoken to many around the county there’s an awful lot more work to do.”
He said he wanted to assure the public that “nothing was taken for granted”.
Rosie Kirk – Labour – 2nd place
Labour’s candidate Rosie Kirk said she was “thrilled for her party” across all three elections that had taken place in Lincolnshire this week.
“The votes that we got was incredible. Our message got through and to actually come second in a Conservative county is really great,” she said.
However, she added that there were “lots of questions that still need to be asked” and promised to keep up her scrutiny of Marc in his role.
Ross Pepper – Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat candidate Ross Pepper said the result was not “entirely unexpected”.
However, he said he was proud of the three Liberal Democrat councillors that had won seats in the local elections at Lincolnshire County and City of Lincoln Councils.
“I’m ready to work with them for a better Lincolnshire and a better Lincoln,” he said.
“In a Conservative heavy county we did a really good job of getting the Liberal Democrat message out there… and we continue pushing that message through local campaigning in the future.”
David Williams – Lincolnshire Independents
David Williams, the Lincolnshire Independents PCC candidate congratulated Marc Jones on his victory but said it is “not a surprising outcome”.
“I’m really pleased to have run for the post, because if I hadn’t have had a go to do a job that I really would have relished then I would have looked back and regretted not having taking the opportunity.”
Peter Escreet – Reform UK
Peter Escreet, the Reform UK candidate also said the result “was as expected” but actually he was “pleasantly surprised,” saying that this is “just the start”.
“The real campaign is in three years’ time” where Mr Escreet wants to grow a majority.
Conservative Marc Jones has been re-elected to the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner role.
He won from the first round of counting with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout.
The PCC oversees the strategy and finances of the force, and also hires and fires chief constables, who are responsible for the daily policing operations.
Mr Jones will be in the position for three years.
The breakdown of the results is:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Here’s the live result announcement, the reactions and acceptance speech:
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