‘Not ready to go’: tributes paid to UK’s first named victims of coronavirus

Details of Britons to have died in Covid-19 pandemic have emerged in at least five cases

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Of the more than 2,600 people to have contracted coronavirus in the UK by Wednesday, 104 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 emphasise that they were expected to live with their conditions for many years.

The youngest person confirmed dead so far was 45-year-old Craig Ruston. Another unnamed victim was 93. Ninety nine of the deaths have been in England, two in Wales, and three in Scotland, with none in Northern Ireland.

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