Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab has died at Kings College Hospital, London and becomes the UK’s youngest Covid-19 victim. The family are “beyond devastated”. The boy was placed on a ventilator shortly after admission but sadly passed away in the early hours of Monday, 30th March 2020.
His family could not be by his side at the time as Covid-19 is extremely infectious.
We send all our support and thought’s to Ismail’s family during this very difficult time.
The latest Covid-19 stats in the UK show that an additional 381 people have sadly died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the biggest day-increase so far, with over 3,000 patients testing positive for the virus in just 24 hours bringing the total near 30,000.
Please remember to keep safe, practice social distancing, and only make essential journeys.