A family has been left devastated after a father, 84, his wife, 82, and their daughter, 62, all died from coronavirus within two weeks of ...
A family has been left devastated after a father, 84, his wife, 82, and their daughter, 62, all died from coronavirus within two weeks of each other.
Keith and Jean MacVicar from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire died of the killer illness a fortnight ago and, shortly after, their daughter Jayne developed symptoms.
Her younger brother Richard, 60, charted her battle with the illness on Facebook, calling on friends to pray for her recovery.
Sadly, mother-of-two Jayne passed away from the virus on Saturday, with Richard writing: 'It's with heartbreaking regret to say Jayne has lost her battle for life.
Jean MacVicar, 82 (right), with her daughter and mother-of-two Jean, 62 (left). Both mother and daughter have died of coronavirus, within a fortnight of each other
Keith MacVicar, 84 (left), with his son Richard, 60 (right). Keith, his wife Jean, 82, and his daughter Jayne, 62, have all died from coronavirus
'At least we have the comfort of knowing she is back with mum and dad.
'To lose half your family in the space of two weeks feels like someone has cut me open and stolen my heart. So, so wrong.'
Before her death, Jayne, a former Staffordshire Police crime analyst, had posted multiple messages on Facebook urging friends to obey social distancing measures.
She even swapped her profile picture for one that read: 'Stay home, it could save lives.'
The family are now facing three funerals, with Richard telling friends: 'It's like a horror movie for the rest of us.'
It's unclear if the parents and their daughter had any underlying health conditions.
Before her death within days of her parents, Jayne, a former Staffordshire Police crime analyst, had posted multiple messages on Facebook urging friends to obey social distancing measures
Heartbroken son Richard posted on Facebook: 'To lose half your family (pictured is father Keith) in the space of two weeks feels like someone has cut me open and stolen my heart. So, so wrong'
The tragic deaths come as Britain's coronavirus death toll surged past 10,000 yesterday, marking a grim milestone in the country's epidemic.
A further 737 people lost their lives yesterday, bringing the total number of fatalities up to 10,612 as of Easter Sunday.
Cases also hit 84,279 after an additional 5,288 were diagnosed with the infection following 18,000 new tests, down slightly from Saturday.
Only the United States, France, Italy and Spain have officially broken the 10,000-death threshold, making the UK among the worst-hit places on the planet.
Amid the bleak figures, there was a glimmer of good news as Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital after fighting for his life with the virus.
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