Coronavirus deaths: What we know about the UK victims

Thirty-five people in the UK have died after testing positive for coronavirus.

There have been 1,543 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus.

On Monday, the first death in Wales was announced.

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said: “We continue to work hard to respond to this fast changing situation, as the impact of the virus continues to increase in the days and weeks ahead.”

It has also been announced that a man died in Salisbury Hospital after contracting COVID-19.

He was in his 50s and had underlying health conditions.

Meanwhile, the friends of an 88-year-old church choir singer who died after contracting coronavirus say he got the illness at a restaurant after coming into contact with a skier returning from Italy.

Darrell Blakeley, from Middleton, Greater Manchester, died on Friday at North Manchester General Hospital after contracting COVID-19.

He was admitted to hospital on 3 March with sepsis, but was placed in quarantine having earlier had contact in a restaurant with “a skier who had returned from Italy,” a statement from his local church said.

On Sunday, 14 deaths were announced.

Nick Matthews, from Bristol, has been named as a victim by his wife Mary, who said she was heartbroken to lose her “life partner and soul mate”.

Mr Matthews, 59, had underlying health conditions.

On Sunday, NHS England issued statements on behalf of hospital trusts where other patients with coronavirus died.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust said a 72-year-old woman had died after testing positive. She had significant additional health conditions.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust said a man in his 80s had died after testing positive. He had underlying medical conditions.

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust said that a woman in her 70s died after testing positive and had underlying medical conditions.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust said a woman in her 90s had died after testing positive following underlying health conditions.

A Mid Essex Hospital Service NHS Trust spokesman said a woman in her 90s with underlying medical conditions had died.

North Manchester General Hospital said two patients who were being treated for COVID-19 had died. One was a woman in her 70s and the other was 88-year-old grandfather Darrell Blakeley, who was described as a “gracious gentleman” by friends. Both patients had underlying health conditions.

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust confirmed a woman in her 60s who had tested positive died and had underlying medical conditions.

A Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust spokesman said a man in his 80s with underlying medical conditions had died after testing positive.

Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust confirmed a patient in their 80s who tested positive and had underlying medical conditions had died. It provided no further details.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust said a man in his 90s who was being cared for at Queens Medical Centre had tested positive and died.

Here is what we know about previous deaths announced by NHS England.

Barts Health NHS Trust, in London, said two people had died after testing positive for the virus but did not reveal any further details of the patients.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust said a man in his late 70s who “tested positive for COVID-19” had died.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust said a man in his mid-80s, being cared for at City Hospital, had died.

He had underlying health conditions and his family has been informed, the trust added.

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust said a man in his 80s, being treated at New Cross Hospital, had died.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said a man being cared for at Leicester Royal Infirmary had died. He was in his 80s.

Jacqueline Totterdell, chief executive of St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in south London, said a man in his 90s with “significant other health conditions” had died after testing positive for COVID-19.

The patient had been “extremely unwell”, Ms Totterdell added.

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust said a man in his 80s had died at North Middlesex University Hospital in north London.

Dame Jacqueline Docherty, chief executive of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust said a man in his 60s had died at Northwick Park Hospital.

The patient had “underlying health conditions”, she added.

Dr Susan Gilby, chief executive of Countess of Chester Hospital, confirmed a man who had tested positive for COVID-19 had died.

“The patient was in his 80s and had underlying health conditions,” she added.

The first patient to die in the UK was a woman in her 70s who had been “in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons”, the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading said on 5 March.

She caught the virus in Britain.

A man in his early 80s with underlying health conditions died at Milton Keynes Hospital.

Hospital staff who nursed him subsequently went into isolation.

A man in his 60s who had recently returned from Italy was the third person to die in the UK.

Professor Chris Whitty said the patient had “significant underlying health conditions” and was being treated at North Manchester General Hospital.

A woman in her 70s, who also had underlying health conditions and was treated in a Wolverhampton hospital, died too.

She is believed to have caught the virus in Britain.

A patient in their 70s with a number of “significant and long-term health conditions” died at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton, south London.

A sixth person died at Watford General Hospital. West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust said the man was in his early 80s.

A patient aged in their 70s, who had underlying health conditions, died in Dudley in the West Midlands after contracting COVID-19.

An elderly patient from Nuneaton, who was being treated for a number of serious underlying health conditions, died at the George Eliot Hospital in Warwickshire.

A further two deaths happened in London.

An 89-year-old who was “very unwell with underlying health conditions” died at Charing Cross Hospital in west London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust confirmed.

And a woman in her 60s who had been “very unwell with significant other health conditions” died at Queen’s Hospital in east London, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust said.

There has also been one death in Scotland.

Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood said the patient was “an older person who had underlying health conditions”.

They died in a hospital covered by NHS Lothian, which includes Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian.

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