NHS consultant died after testing positive for coronavirus.

A frontline NHS consultant has died after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Amged El-Hawrani was an ear, nose and throat specialist at Queen's Hospital Burton.

The 55-year-old died on Saturday night at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. It was understood he had not been in contact with patients in recent weeks.

Dr El-Hawrani is the first frontline hospital worker in the UK to die after contracting COVID-19.