It has been revealed that at least 212 UK frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus. Sadly, three members of staff from Worcestershire Royal Hospital paid the ultimate price in their bid to protect and care for others. Here we remember them and thank them for their service.
MISSED: Julie Omar sadly died of coronavirus Julie Omar, 52 Matthew Hopkins, chief executive of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, paid tribute to Julie Omar, who died at home on April 10. In a video message to staff, Mr Hopkins said: I wanted to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your continuing and great efforts which will ensure we can meet the growing number of sick patients in our hospitals with Covid-19, particularly on this sad day when I had to share the news of the sudden death of one of our own, a much loved member of our nursing team, Julie Omar.
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Worcester High Street. Photo by David Davies/PA WORCESTERSHIRE now has more cases of Covid-19 than at any other time during the pandemic. Bromsgrove, Redditch and Worcester city in particular have high numbers of positive cases, according to the latest figures, which Public Health bosses say is putting pressure on local NHS services and risking the lives of our most vulnerable and elderly residents . Worcester s infection rate of 768.6 is the highest in the district and, for the seven days up to January 9, saw the 8th highest week-on-week increase in England - from 540.4 in the week up to January 2. Bromsgrove s infection rate has risen to 654.8 per 100,000 people compared to 540.6 a week earlier.