Major COVID-19 outbreak at Lincolnshire care home
Over 60 cases and five deaths at Grantham facility
Red Court Care Community on St Edmunds Close in Grantham.
A “significant outbreak” has been declared at a care home in Grantham, during a week which has seen South Kesteven take over as the district with the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Lincolnshire.
Red Court Care Community is a 49-bed care home on St Edmunds Close in Grantham, which was acquired by Red Homes Healthcare in 2017.
Some 30 residents and 32 staff have tested positive for coronavirus since mid-December. Five residents have died, three in the home and two in hospital.
Greater Lincolnshire lockdown: 546 COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths on Wednesday
324 patients in hospitals with coronavirus
There have been 546 new coronavirus cases and 20 COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 426 new cases in Lincolnshire, 69 in North Lincolnshire and 51 in North East Lincolnshire. Local cases have hit 40,000 mark since the pandemic started.
On Wednesday, 13 deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, six 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 nine new local hospital deaths on Wednesday, including seven at United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust and two at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG).
Lincoln man back behind bars after police chase
Police caught him after a short foot chase
Nathan Howitt has now been recalled to prison. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
A Lincoln man wanted for a recall to prison was caught by police after a short foot chase.
Nathan Howitt, 43, was found on the St Giles estate in Lincoln by PCs Senescall and Bateman from the force’s ARC Lincolnshire team.
He has now been recalled to prison due to breach of release conditions.
ARC Lincolnshire, which was launched in the county in 2016 as the county’s approach to Integrated Offender Management, said its client was “completely disengaged from services” and saying how “he needs help and things will be different upon his release”.
Police name Boston murder victim
A police cordon was put in place.
Lincolnshire Police have named 41-year-old Polish national Marcin Stolarek as the victim in an ongoing murder investigation in Boston.
The probe relates to the discovery of a body at the pumping station on Chain Bridge Road on the evening of January 12.
Officials at the Lincolnshire force have said significant resources have been dedicated to the investigation.
It is believed the victim died as a result of a sustained assault and his body was then disposed of in the waterway.
They are now appealing for anyone who has seen Marcin in the last four months, or who has information that could help the investigation, to come forward.