by Elissa Lawrence
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Subscriber only There are not many moments of the day when Max, the Siberian husky, leaves the side of his owner Shaune Martin. Max follows her constantly. He lies beside her if she feels unwell, protective and intuitive to her feelings. He is bonded to his owner in a strong and special way. In October 2019, Max saved Martin s life in a devastating, life-changing accident that left Martin within a whisker of death. What Max did on that horrific day is incredible. And in every sense of the word, Max is a hero. On that late afternoon, Martin got home from her job as an office administrator for Boeing at RAAF base Amberley and set out on one of her regular runs with Max, taking one of several routes around her Augustine Heights neighbourhood in Ipswich, southwest of Brisbane.
Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death. This means some of the deaths that were first recorded in the latest period may actually have taken place days earlier. NHS England guidance states: Confirmation of Covid-19 diagnosis, death notification and reporting in central figures can take up to several days and the hospitals providing the data are under significant operational pressure. Only deaths that occur in hospitals where the patient has tested positive for Covid-19 are recorded, with deaths in the community excluded, such as those in care homes.
One new death linked to Covid-19 has been recorded at Braintree Hospital. Today s figures recorded by Provide, who run Braintree Community Hospital, take the total number of deaths at the hospital to ten. A further 18 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded at Southend, Basildon and Broomfield hospitals. All the deaths happened between January 17 and yesterday (February 2). It takes the total number of fatalities at the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to 2,016. There have been 165 Covid-related deaths announced by the trust in the last seven days. Across the rest of Essex, there have been 14 other coronavirus fatalities announced by hospitals.
The number of hospital patients to die after contracting coronavirus in south and mid Essex has risen above 2,000. Today s figures from NHS England show another 18 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded at Southend, Basildon and Broomfield hospitals. All the deaths happened between January 17 and yesterday (February 2). It takes the total number of fatalities at the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust to 2,016. There have been 165 Covid-related deaths announced by the trust in the last seven days. Across the rest of Essex, there have been 14 other coronavirus fatalities announced by hospitals. There have been eight announced by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, one at Braintree Community Hospital and four at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.