Derbyshire death toll continues to rise as three more virus fatalities reported
THREE more Covid-19 related deaths have been recorded at a Derbyshire hospital, according to latest NHS England figures released yesterday.
All of the deaths were within Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
In addition, another 141 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed across the county in the most recent 24-hour period, with 44 in Derby and 97 across the wider Derbyshire area. This is an increase from 117 reported on Monday. The highest number of new cases across Derbyshire was found in Derby, where 44 positive tests were returned – up from 28 new cases reported on Monday.
Derbyshire Dales reported the lowest number, with just two new cases.
The Government said a further 343 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of yesterday, bringing the UK total to 123,296. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data on deaths that have occurred in recent days, show there have been 144,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
As of 9am on Tuesday, there had been a further 6,391 lab-confirmed cases in the UK. It brings the total to 4,188,400.
The total number of new cases reported in Derbyshire in the latest 24-hour period:
Amber Valley – 8,305 (20 new cases) Bolsover – 5,669 (13 new cases) Chesterfield – 5,843 (9 new cases) Derby – 19,257 (44 new cases) Derbyshire Dales – 2,698 (2 new cases)
Erewash – 6,672 (17 new cases) High Peak – 4,698 (6 new cases)
N E Derbyshire – 5,702 (7 new cases)
S Derbyshire – 6,861 (23 new cases) Locally, the number of Covid-related hospital deaths since the start of the pandemic is as follows:
Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust – 1,590 (increase of three) Chesterfield Royal Hospital - 390 (no change)
Derbyshire Community Health Services – 37 (no change) Derbyshire Healthcare – 2 (no change)
A DERBYSHIRE dad died after being thrown from his car when he lost control attempting to park, an inquest heard.
Victor Moore, 75, was driving a Toyota MPV in Adamsdown, Cardiff, on January 17, 2020, when the vehicle collided with a parked car and house.
The dad-of-two, of Tonypandy but previously from Derbyshire, was taken to hospital but died from his injuries more than a week later on January 29, 2020.
An inquest into his death was held at Pontypridd Coroners’ Court on Tuesday. Mr Moore’s long-term partner Cherry Hyde said the pair were in the capital visiting their son who had recently moved.
In a statement read to the inquest Ms Hyde said her partner was a typically “careful and confident driver”. She added that their journey to Car
diff was “slightly stressful” as they were unfamiliar with the route and due to the rush-hour traffic.
He pulled up in between two cars outside number 45 in Blanche Street just before 5pm. Ms Hyde said: “There was plenty of space. He said he’d straighten up and that he might need me to see him back. This was not an unusual comment as it’s a big car and we did this often.
“But we started to move. Then a little faster. I assumed he didn’t need me to get out. I turned to him to see if he still needed me to check. But now we started to move quicker.
“He was not looking at me or where the car was going. He looked terrified and wide-eyed saying: ‘Oh God, oh God.’”
She described how the vehicle “swung across the road” and then finding her partner outside of the car once it had stopped.
CCTV footage from another property on the street showed Mr Moore’s vehicle stationary between parked cars. It then begins to reverse and turn into the road before hitting a Ford and then hitting a house.
The owner of the property went outside to find Mr Moore on the ground in a “semi-conscious state”. The inquest heard it is likely Mr Moore was ejected from his vehicle after hitting the parked Ford.
Mr Moore was rushed to intensive care at the University Hospital of
Wales but in the coming days his health continued to deteriorate. He suffered seizures and scans revealed brain injuries. He died in hospital on January 29 at 12.50pm.
A post-mortem examination carried out by Dr Howell Thomas on February 4 found evidence of “significant” brain injury. He added that it was “possible” he had suffered a stroke prior to or during the crash.
Coroner Graeme Hughes recorded a cause of death as “1a. traumatic brain injury with multifocal subarachnoid subdural intracerebral haemorrhages” and “2a. contributing factor being developing pneumonia”.
Mr Hughes said while a medical episode is “suspected” to have taken place before the incident exactly what caused Mr Moore to carry out the manoeuvre is “not capable of being recorded on a balance of probabilities”. He recorded a narrative conclusion stating: “The deceased died from injuries sustained from ejection from a moving vehicle which he was driving at the material time.
“What led him to lose control of the vehicle during the manoeuvre is not capable of being determined on the available evidence.”
Mr Moore’s partner Ms Hyde and their two sons, Jay and Max, previously paid tribute to the retired businessman who “lived life to the full.”
The couple, who used to live in Derbyshire, moved to Tonypandy in 2016 as a result of their sons studying at university.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said in February 2020: “He was a retired businessman but still kept himself active and busy. He had a love of DIY. He was good with electronics and had a love of fixing things which had broken.
“His partner says that he had a great love for all types of music. His family said that he lived life to the full and will be sorely missed by them all.”