Coronavirus: Nottinghamshire woman, 75, 'first positive test within UK'

Coronavirus: Nottinghamshire woman, 75, 'first positive test within UK' The earliest known person to contract coronavirus within the UK has been identified, scientists believe.

Analysis of samples by the University of Nottingham showed a 75-year-old woman, from Nottinghamshire, tested positive on 21 February.

She is also understood to be first in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19. BBC News

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