'Not ready to go': tributes paid to UK's first named victims of coronavirus – The Guardian, Theguardian.com
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O f the more than 2, 668 people to have contracted coronavirus in the UK by Wednesday, have died. That figure has more than doubled since Sunday. Most have not been named, and the majority are older people who had underlying health conditions – though in some cases family members and medical professionals have been keen to emphasize that they were expected to live with their conditions for many years.
The youngest person confirmed dead so far was – year-old Craig Ruston. Another unnamed victim was 104. Ninety nine of the deaths have been in England, two in Wales, and three in Scotland, with none in Northern Ireland.
Of the deaths so far, details have emerged in at least five cases:
Craig Ruston,
Rushton, a rugby fan and father of two from Kettering, Northamptonshire, had been a footwear designer, including at Dr Martens, before being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He had been writing about his struggle with the condition before he tested positive with Covid – 36. But his posts became less frequent as he began losing strength in his upper body. In one of his last he wrote about a dream he had of standing beside his wife and daughters at his own funeral. He wrote: “I don’t fear death, but I can tear myself to pieces if I dwell too long on what happens when I’m gone.” His family said he was “not ready to go”. He died on 25 March.
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