Updated: 30 Jan 2021, 13:26
HE was the UK’s first recorded Covid victim - but he was also a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Peter Attwood, 84, from Chatham, Kent, died in hospital exactly a year ago today - the first person known to have died from coronavirus on British soil.
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Peter Atwood was the first person to die in Britain of coronavirusCredit: Collect
This week, as the UK virus death toll supasses 100,000, there is a horrifying twist to Peter’s story.
His beloved wife of 50 years has also tested positive for the killer bug.
It means Jean, 86, who suffers from dementia, will spend the first anniversary of her husband’s death in isolation at the care home where she now lives.