More than £186,000 raised for family of pregnant nurse who died of Covid-19 in Luton

More than £186,000 has been raised for the family of a pregnant nurse who died at Luton and Dunstable hospital after contracting coronavirus.

Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong ,28, was admitted to the hospital on April 7 and died five days later. She had worked on a general ward at the hospital for five years.

Her baby daughter, Mary, was successfully delivered by caesarian section.

Two weeks earlier her father Stephen died from suspected Covid-19.

David Carter, who is the chief executive of the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, says Mary was a “fantastic nurse and a great example of what we stand for in this trust.”

A GoFundMe page was set up for her husband Ernest Boateng and their children AJ and Mary.