GP coronavirus death toll climbs to 16 in the UK

Dr Augustine Obaro, the latest GP to die, is one of at least 39 doctors who have succumbed to COVID-19, according to the British Medical Association
Dr Augustine Obaro
Dr Augustine Obaro. Photo: Waltham Forest CGC

The number of GPs who have now died from COVID-19 in the UK has risen to 16.

Dr Augustine Obaro, a London GP, is the latest to fall victim to the pandemic, dying on New Year’s Day.