Tuesday sees 50 COVID-19 cases and three deaths in Greater Lincolnshire
Fall in county infections but a Boston spike
On the Cleethorpes Promenade. | Photo: James Williams
There have been 50 new coronavirus cases and three COVID-related deaths in Greater Lincolnshire on Tuesday compared to 58 cases and no deaths this time last week.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 26 new cases in Lincolnshire, 19 in North Lincolnshire and five in North East Lincolnshire.
On Tuesday, three deaths were registered in Lincolnshire, none in North East Lincolnshire and -1 in North Lincolnshire. Fluctuations in data are usually due to some deaths in those areas being reallocated to other regions across the UK or a miscount. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
Second Kill The Bill protest arranged in Lincoln for next week
Making a stand against the new policing bill
| Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
There will be another Kill The Bill protest in Lincoln next week, rallying against a new government bill that diminishes protesting rights.
Protests have been rife across the country since the government’s proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill was first discussed, with scenes turning violent in Bristol.
Over two hundred people peacefully took part in the city’s first march at Speakers’ Corner on April 3, including Extinction Rebellion activists and Socialist and Labour supporters.
Surviving and thriving: Lincoln independents emerge from lockdown
Checking in on our local independents uphill
We spoke to some local independents in uphill Lincoln about reopening their shops. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Local independents have suffered greatly as a result of the coronavirus lockdown, but the time has finally come for the doors to be reopened, and shop owners are delighted to be back.
Non-essential retail was allowed to reopen on Monday, April 12 as part of the latest stage of the government’s roadmap out of coronavirus lockdown.
The Lincolnite went uphill in Lincoln to talk to some local independents on Steep Hill and the Bailgate to see how the reopening has gone.