Coronavirus: UK records drop in cases for sixth successive day

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Matthew Keenan, 34, was hospitalised and placed in an induced coma earlier this month after testing positive for the virus. Just weeks after, Mr Keenan died. Before succumbing to the virus, the “vaccine sceptic” told his friends he regretted turning down getting the jab.

Leanne Cheyne, a respiratory consultant at Bradford Royal Infirmary, tweeted a picture of Mr Keenan hooked up to oxygen in the hospital during his battle with the deadly virus.

Before his death, she wrote: “Matthew has agreed for me to share his story.

“34, footie coach and dad.

“Self-confessed vaccine sceptic until he caught Covid if he could turn back time he would.

“Our sickest patients are unvaccinated and under 40.

“Matthew is fighting for his life… save yours. #GetVaccinated #GrabAJab.”

At the beginning of July, Mr Keenan shared an image of his positive COVID-19 lateral flow test.

He said the symptoms made him feel like he had been “hit by a truck” and felt “freezing and red hot” due to suffering from a fever.

The dad the back pain left him feeling “the most poorly I have ever been and I feel like it’s getting worse”.

He ended his post saying he was “in bits” and warned other sceptics that “Covid is real”.

Following his death, tributes poured in with his close friend Billy Brown said the world lost “the kindest man”

Mr Brown said his friend was a “devoted dad, fantastic friend and an unbeatable coach”.

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He continued: “As he was getting more poorly, he said he wished he had gotten the jab.

“I can’t believe he’s gone, he was the most likeable lad I’ve ever met.

“Most people have one or two best friends, he had 20 best friends.

“He had the biggest heart and treated everyone like they were his family.

“There were not many like him. He loved to enjoy himself, he was the life and soul of every party.

“Many people will miss him.”

Mr Brown said everyone believed he would get over it as he was a “fighter and a survivor”.

He continued: “We all thought it was Keenan, he’d get over this.

“Then he got put into a coma, and we were all praying for him.

“But we thought he was a fighter, a survivor.

“I’m a big strong lad, I’ve lost people before, but I’ve never cried so much as I did today as I did for anyone.”

To date, more than 46,000,000 people in the UK have received at least one dose of a vaccine.

More than 37,000,000 have been jabbed twice.

The total number of people in the UK who have died after testing positive has surpassed 129,000.

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