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image captionDr Anda Samson said she and her colleagues had been through a rollercoaster of emotions
A doctor who treated the UK s first coronavirus cases one year ago said battling the disease has been an exhausting effort for NHS staff.
Dr Anda Samson was on duty when two patients were brought to a hospital near Hull after falling ill in York.
Dr Samson said over the past 12 months she and her colleagues had been through a rollercoaster of emotions but that she had high hopes for vaccines. It s exhausting and a little bit demoralising to still see the numbers going up, she said.
Six more coronavirus deaths recorded at Hull hospitals
The death toll now stands at 665 in Hull
Entrance to Covid-19 ward 7 at Castle Hill Hospital
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At least 222 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus.
Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11 2020.
This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients.
The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.
Hull hospitals treating highest number of Covid patients to date
One in four beds now occupied by patients with the virus
The Covid-19 wards at Hull Royal Infirmary
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