'Beautiful' care worker dies after contracting coronavirus
A “beautiful” care worker has died after contracting Covid-19.
Evelyn Nicolas, who worked at the Maypole Grove Care Home in Kings Heath, Birmingham, died on Thursday.
In tribute to her mother, Chrystalla Nicolas told us:
A friend, who has created a fundraising page for the carer’s family, which has so far raised more than £1,000, said:
The manager at Maypole Grove Care Home, Arron Breen, said:
The news follows the Office for National Statistics today (May 19th) announcing 9,980 coronavirus-related care home deaths have been registered up to May 8th in England and Wales.
The ONS has also announced more than 44,000 deaths in the UK are now coronavirus-related.
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