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Lincolnshire health bosses said there has been no “significant increase” in school COVID cases since pupils returned to the classroom from their Easter break.
This comes as in the seven days up to April 30, 10 local schools reported 15 positive test results. Between April 19 and 25, over 56,000 lateral flow tests were carried out in schools, testing both students and staff, of which 31 were positive – a positivity rate of under 0.1%.
Health bosses said outbreaks at schools remain small, with the largest being one at a Lincolnshire academy, but this was an outbreak of under 10 individuals only.
Professor Derek Ward, Lincolnshire County Council’s Director of Public Health, said: “We’re not seeing any significant increase at this stage in cases in schools […] they’ve been open for a couple weeks now.”