direct to your inboxMarch 5, 2020.The day the first coronavirus tragedy was reported in the UK.A woman, aged in her 70s, was the first person to die after testing positive for Covid-19.She was being treated at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.The news was reported in It was later discovered that At the Manchester Evening News, we made a pledge to pay tribute to the special people across from our region who have died with this terrible disease.We believe that it's important to remember that each one of the deaths reported in NHS England's daily figures represents a person, not just a number.And over the past year we've published countless tributes from families who have lost loved ones to Covid.