How many people do you know........

My Aunty. She died on the 3rd May.

I have heard of a few (friends of friends) but only one I actually knew. He was a fit 60 year old who sadly died.

Eldest daughter, her husband and GD all got the virus in early April. High temps, muscle pain, exhaustion and no sense of taste or smell for 2-3 weeks but no coughs. All fully recovered.
Son in law lost 2 distant relatives in March.

Sadly, a woman I knew in her 50’s had a brain aneurysm a few years ago and was left with paralysis. She died last month in a care home.

How very sad FranT .We owe so much to these dedicated key workers who gave their lives.You must be devastated.

Only 2 in my village and 3 in the South of England

My cousin's son,forty eight very poorly but recovered and his mother in law,very fit and active died very quickly, within three days of first feeling ill.My son's friend,very,very ill and his wife,only just beginning to feel better after over three months

Two, one who recovered and one who sadly died.

I know 5 who've had it. Two had no symptoms but got tested after returning from Italy in February.
The other 3 all hospitalised but now ok. One caught it while working in charity shop early March the other couple from the hospital as he has dialysis regularly.

My son, who lives with us, works in NHS (not front line) was sent home from work the first week of lockdown as he had a cough and several days later a very high temperature (40c). At that stage there were no tests and he returned to work after 2 weeks,but he has since had an antibody test at work which showed he had had it. DH and I haven’t had symptoms so either son’s self-isolation within the house was effective (own bathroom etc) or we were lucky or we were asymptomatic.

Only one, my friend ,who was a neighbour 9 years ago before we moved to Somerset. He moved to Cornwall about 7 years ago, sadly he died not long before his 70th Birthday, he did have heart problems. I now live in rural Devon & the rate of infection is very low.

Sad to hear of health professional who have lost their lives

My son, he was hospitalised and spent 3 weeks in intensive care on a ventilator.

My daughter and her husband, he was very poorly, she not so bad. The two children were ill too but not tested.

My 91 yr old great Aunt, surprisingly given her age she was poorly for a fortnight but that was it.

Sadly the husband of a cousin who died. He was a transplant patient.

2- My cousin and her husband. Husband has symptoms first, then my cousin started She was treated for chest infection, which she is prone to, for 2 weeks then became much worse. She was in hospital for 4 weeks and has taken another 4 weeks at home before she started to feel properly better.
She told me it was terrifying in hospital people dying in her room each day.

My friend’s 50 year old son, who was healthy, but a smoker, died. Ironically her elderly sister, in a nursing home with dementia, survived it.

Interesting , isn't it? ....as there is a big difference between dying OF it, and dying WITH it. In many cases this has been put on the death certificate, but it was not necessarily the cause of death, so the figures may be way out, either way. As we now know, many had underlying health issues, and perhaps those issues were lying undiscovered until they cauģht the bug. My daughter's ex boyfriend lost his father, but he was suffering with COPD/asbestosis, so his chances were very slim and even a common cold may have been serious for him.

Yes I agree with Flygirl as they say all these people have died of COVID 19 but a lot have died of underlying conditions as would have died anyway . No one I know has had or actually died of COVID 19 and I live in South Wales .

FranT, I’m so sorry you’ve lost your daughter. What a terrible thing.

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Flygirl Dibbydod But the usual expected deaths for all causes for that period would have been way below the numbers that have actually happen, so Covid19 did cause many more people to die who would be alive now in normal circumstances, and could have lived on for years.

I had it was really ill for 7 days.Tested postive with antibody test.Hospital are able to claim extra money if covid is put on the death certificate

One in our village aged 50, a friend's daughter in London in her 20s and a lady in her 80s in a care home who didn't survive.

My daughter and five other teachers in their 30s caught it at the beginning and have become 'long haulers'. No cough, no fever but breathlessness and fatigue and though went to testing pod told not enough tests available and only given to people who were being sent to hospital. She wasn't ill enough and has spent last 12 weeks struggling to breathe but is now recovering taking steroids. She cannot do any physically demanding activities so has no idea when she will be fit enough to go to work. I think this is a problem which has had little media attention. I have had 2 elderly neighbours die.

Just worked it out,it's eight,Six fully recovered,One died,one still very poorly but now at home

My condolences to those of you who have suffered close bereavements.

I know of two teachers and one nurse.

Also, the best friend of one of my clients, a woman in her 50's, who spent six weeks in hospital and has since been moved to a care home. It's unlikely that she will ever recover enough to return to her own home again as it seems that as well as impairing her speech and mobility every organ has been affected. Her cognitive abilities are also hugely impacted and social workers are now making decisions on her behalf.

Houndi are you in USA? As far as I can see from internet, there’s only talk of American hospitals and extra Medicare payments, but nothing in the UK.

I just heard today that the lady with the broken hip ( she’s 92) has at last tested negative after 90 days, and expected home next week. I’ve still not heard of any other cases.

Just one, my husband caught it in hospital.