The family of a respected British-Pakistani doctor in Essex confirmed his death on Friday in what was said to be the first coronavirus-related death of a doctor in the United Kingdom.
The family of Dr Habib Zaidi, a 76-year-old General Physician, said he died while being treated for what was probably coronavirus. Dr Zaidi passed away at the intensive care unit of Essex’s Southend Hospital just 24 hours after he fell ill on Tuesday. He was tested for Covid-19 but died in hospital before the outcome of the test was known. His daughter Dr Sarah Zaidi, who too is a GP, said he showed “textbook symptoms” of the virus. She told the BBC: “He was treated as a definitive case. There is little clinical doubt it is coronavirus, the test result is academic.” How many cases of coronavirus are there in United Kingdom? At present, the UK has 11,658 confirmed cases of coronavirus and has reported 578 deaths.