There have been 201 new coronavirus cases in Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday — more than double last Wednesday’s figures (103% rise from 99) – and the highest daily count since February.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard on Wednesday recorded 90 new cases in Lincolnshire, 91 in North East Lincolnshire and 20 in North Lincolnshire.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust deputy chief executive Mark Brassington told Lincolnshire County Council’s Health Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday that the trust had seen a peak of 2,000 patients waiting for treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has now more than halved.
Nationally, 41 cases of a new “Delta Plus” variant have been confirmed in the UK.
The new variant, which is causing problems in India, is believed to have increased transmissibility, stronger binding in receptors of lung cells and potential reduction in monoclonal antibody response.
UK travel bosses have held a day of action and called for government to reopen the sector.
They say what’s left of the summer season needs to be saved, not just for holiday makers but to protect 195,000 travel jobs currently at risk as a result of the COVID pandemic.
The UK gave out 299,837 first doses of COVID vaccines Tuesday – the highest number in nearly three months. A total of 75,188,795 doses have been given overall including 43,448,680 first doses and 31,740,115 second doses.
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday, June 23
62,198 cases (up 201)
42,909 in Lincolnshire (up 90)
9,912 in North Lincolnshire (up 20)
9,377 in North East Lincolnshire (up 91)
2,195 deaths (no change)
1,622 from Lincolnshire (no change)
302 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
271 from North East Lincolnshire (no change)
of which 1,313 hospital deaths (no change)
816 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (no change)
42 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
454 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (no change)
4,651,988 UK cases, 128,008 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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Schools and universities in Lincolnshire recognise the potential benefits, but also the concerns, over the use of artificial intelligence.
The results of the government’s first ever Call for Evidence on Artificial Intelligence in Education’ report were published on Tuesday, November 28. It was open for 10 weeks and closed on August 23 this year, with 567 responses received during that time. Most respondents were “broadly optimistic” about the use of GenAI in education.
Almost two months on from Network Rail stating it had implemented “new cleaning regimes” for its railway bridge on Brayford Wharf East, the same concerns of graffiti, dirt and moss growth are continuing — and we are no clearer on how regularly the bridge is cleaned.
The bridge, which opened in 2019 in a bid to improve public safety on the railway crossing, is regularly used by many commuters and residents in Lincoln, but it has been the topic of a cleanliness discussion for many months now.
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