Weekly drop with 1,204 COVID-19 cases, 64 deaths in Greater Lincolnshire Infection rates drop as 130k jabs given locally Carol Scott receiving the vaccine. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite There have been 1,204 new coronavirus cases and 64 COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire this week – a hefty drop compared to 2,239 cases and 82 deaths in the first full week of January, and a continued decrease from 1,384 cases and 68 deaths last week. Some 229 new cases and 15 deaths were reported in Greater Lincolnshire on Friday. The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 182 new cases in Lincolnshire, 24 in North East Lincolnshire and 23 in North Lincolnshire. On Friday, 10 deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, four 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.