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Couple married for 60 years both die from coronavirus on same day

A Welsh couple who recently got a card from the Queen on their 60th wedding anniversary both died of coronavirus on the same day — despite not having left their home for weeks, according to their family.

Bryn Howells, 86, and wife Pat, 80, had remained quarantined in their home in Gelli amid warnings that their ages put them at high risk from the killer contagion, their relatives told WalesOnline.

When Pat first fell ill, on April 4, she initially put it down to “having overdone it a bit” with chores around the house, grandson Elliot Howells told the site.

By Thursday, she and her husband were taken to Royal Glamorgan Hospital where they both tested positive for COVID-19, he said.

Both died on Monday, Pat in the early hours and her husband later that day, the grieving grandson said.

“We are trying to take some comfort in the fact they died together, after 60 years of joyous marriage,” Elliot said.

“It is just horrific and such a shock,” he said, calling it “heartbreaking” that the infectious disease stopped them visiting them in the hospital.

Pat — who was just 16 when she met her 22-year-old husband-to-be — had been “elated to receive a card from the Queen” to mark their 60th wedding anniversary just a few months ago, Elliot said.

“Their home had an open door and their house was so full of love,” he said of the couple who had four sons and two daughters.

Source: Lee Brown | nypost.com

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