Wednesday sees 22 new COVID cases but no deaths in Greater Lincolnshire
Infection rates continue to fall
Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
There have been 22 coronavirus cases and no COVID-related deaths recorded in Greater Lincolnshire on Wednesday – compared to 29 cases and zero deaths last Wednesday.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard recorded 13 new cases in Lincolnshire, eight in North East Lincolnshire and one in North Lincolnshire.
No further coronavirus deaths were registered on Wednesday. These figures include deaths both in and out of hospitals, as well as residents in hospitals outside the county.
NHS England has also reported no new local deaths across Greater Lincolnshire’s hospitals.
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Lynda Stockwell has been praised for her work
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, who is from Boston, spoke of the brilliant job being done at the Princess Royal Sports Arena (PRSA) during a briefing last week.
He name-checked PRSA clinical and operational lead Lynda Stockwell and her team as great examples of the dedicated teams across the country delivering this programme.
Professor Van Tam – known to many as JVT - said they were doing a brilliant job and in the future they would be able to look back and recognise what a difference they have personally made to the lives of those they have vaccinated.
One man getting his jab at Lincolnshire Showground. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The mass COVID-19 vaccination centre at Lincolnshire Showground hit a huge milestone recently, having reached an incredible 50,000 vaccinations so far.
The showground has been used as a COVID-19 testing site since April 2020, and also a vaccination centre since January 2021.
It is one of two mass vaccination centres in Lincolnshire, along with the Princess Royal Sports Arena in Boston, helping the county to have the third highest vaccine rate in England.
The vaccine rollout has gone from strength to strength across the county, and as a result the Lincolnshire Showground staff recently celebrated their 50,000th vaccination.