northantslive NHS denies first UK Omicron victim died in Northampton hospital The NHS Northamptonshire CCG has denied Britain's first Omicron Covid patient died in Northampton. The unnamed victim, in his early seventies and described as a retired recluse who was "fit and healthy" but decided against a Covid jab, fell ill in early December. His stepson, named only by LBC as John from Smithfield to protect the identity of the dead man, said the pensioner died in hospital in Northampton on Monday, Mail Online reports. John claimed the victim had lived alone in a block of flats and died on Monday - a fortnight after catching the virus. Despite the family's claims, the NHS Northamptonshire CCG have denied recording his death as being Omicron-related.

northhamptoncron Response issued after claim that first Omicron death in UK happened in Northampton An interviewee on national radio station LBC said his step-father died of Omicron at a Northampton hospital last week Northampton General Hospital (NGH) has responded to a claim in the national press that the first Omicron death in the United Kingdom happened at the site last week. This comes after LBC radio station had a man called John call in on Friday (December 17) saying that his step-father had died of the new variant at 'a hospital in Northampton'. John told radio host Nick Ferrari that his step-father in his 70s reportedly died with Omicron on Monday (December 13) after not being vaccinated. A spokesperson for NHS Northamptonshire CCG said: “The NHS system in Northamptonshire has not recorded an Omicron-related death at this time.”