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Couple hold hands as they die of coronavirus within four minutes of each other
coronavirus.Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and his wife, Cathy Darlene Peoples, 65, were holding hands in their last moments at the Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Centre in Salisbury, North Carolina.They both contracted Covid-19 at roughly the same time, about a month ago.Shane Peoples, their son, told WBTV that they had initially been suffering the classic Covid symptoms: "It was mainly the fever and loss of taste."About two weeks later they were both put in the ICU. Everything just went south, everything just got worse."As Johnny and Cathy’s conditions deteriorated, hospital staff moved them into the same room so they could comfort each other in their final moments.“They put them in the same room, same ICU room,” Shane said.