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    Kevin, Margaret and Sally Hughes
    Image caption: Kevin Hughes with his mother Margaret and wife Sally celebrating the couple's 40th wedding anniversary

    A Flintshire councillor has spoken of the day he missed his mother’s funeral after she died with Covid-19 - because he was also in hospital fighting the disease.

    Kevin Hughes, 63, who represents the Gwernymynydd ward, spoke to BBC Wales from his bed in the critical care ward of Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

    He said his mother, June Margaret Hughes, 89, had underlying health conditions and had been in a care home for 18 months.

    She had been in hospital in Chester earlier this month, and was discharged back to the care home. A few days later she tested positive for Covid-19 and died in hospital days later.

    Mr Hughes said: “I was called in on the Sunday evening because she was very, very anxious. There was no signs of any dementia, so she was very aware of what was happening. The hospital supplied me with all the necessary PPE. I went back in on the Tuesday, and I got there about a minute before she passed away on the Wednesday.

    “The funeral was on the 10th of December, by which time I’d tested positive myself."

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    Image caption: Margaret Hughes at her care home in Chester with her "favourite carer" Karen

    He added: “Being in hospital on the day of my mother’s funeral was quite possibly the blackest day you could ever imagine. It was like being in a very, very long, dark tunnel.

    "The amazing staff here commented that my eyes were just dull, they were lifeless. It was just an awful, awful day.”

    Mr Hughes said he was now improving after being in critical care for a fortnight.

    In a plea for people to take the disease seriously, he said: “I can’t say where I got Covid-19.

    "It could’ve been at the hospital with mum. It could’ve been in a supermarket or a garage, but my message is ‘take it seriously.’

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