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A double-vaccinated mother-of-three has died in hospital, aged just 28, after catching coronavirus.
Ruth McCamon, from Kilmarnock,
admitted to hospital after falling ill with Covid
She was placed into coma and put on a ventilator, despite being fully vaccinated.
The 28-year-old went into surgery after doctors discovered a hole in her colon.
Ms McCamon died after developing sepsis at Crosshouse Hospital on Thursday.
A double-vaccinated mother-of-three has died in hospital, aged just 28, after catching coronavirus.
Ruth McCamon, from Kilmarnock, had been battling Covid-19 in Crosshouse Hospital and was put on a ventilator - despite already having both jabs.
She was later rushed into surgery after doctors discovered a hole in her colon and she developed sepsis.
Ms McCamon passed away in hospital on Thursday. She had a four-year-old boy and two teenage step-daughters.
Christine McCamon, Ruth's sister, hailed her sibling as a 'wonderful mother'.
She said: 'As a family we were completely shocked by the unexpected death of our youngest sibling Ruth.
'Ruth has left behind two teenage stepdaughters whom she raised full time from the ages of two and three and her four-year-old son, little William.
'The love and adoration that her three beautiful babies have for their mum was beautiful to watch over their lifetime so far, with her stepdaughters finally knowing how a mother should treat their children.'
Britain's daily Covid cases have jumped again today as the outbreak continues to grow — but deaths have fallen.
Department of Health figures showed 40,224 infections were recorded over the last 24 hours, a 15 per cent rise on last Monday.
It marked the sixth day in a row that cases have risen week-on-week, although they have been hovering between 30,000 and 40,000 a day since mid-August. The current daily average is 37,991 new cases per day.
England and Scotland appear to be driving the current surge, where cases rose by 14.5 and 30.5 per cent in a week respectively. In Northern Ireland infections remained flat, while in Wales a 'network issue' meant two days worth of data was published today.
Health chiefs also posted another 28 Covid fatalities, which was down 15 per cent on the same time the previous week when 33 were recorded.
Ms McCamon was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit at the town's Crosshouse Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.
She was placed in an induced coma as medics administered a ventilator to help her breathe.
But as she battled an infection, doctors discovered a hole in her colon.
It was plugged with tissues from her skin and Ms McCamon was given antibiotics in the hope the colon would heal itself as she was too weak for surgery.
But as her condition worsened, doctors performed an operation to try and save her life. She died in hospital on Thursday night.
Ms McCamon's devastated family are now raising funds for her funeral on GoFundMe and have so far raised £2,405 of their £2,500 goal.
'As a wonderful mother, Ruth tried her absolute best to provide all three children with everything that they've ever needed in life,' her sister Christine said.
'Due to being our mother's main carer, her income was very little, meaning she has left behind little money to help us care for her children or to allow us to put towards funeral costs.
'This is not something that we feel fully comfortable with however in order to give Ruth the send-off that we feel she deserves and the send-off that her children want for their mum, then a little help is needed.
'Thank you so much in advance to anyone who is able to help support this cause. We are forever grateful and wish you positive energy in return.'
Speaking about the funds raised already, Christine added: 'We are all absolutely blown away by the generosity of all those who have donated and helped to allow those closest to Ruth to plan the send off that she truly deserves.
'Ruth was so caring and kind and had values that we are now seeing in all of you, through your act of overwhelming kindness. We cannot thank every single one of you enough. We are eternally grateful.
'The nurses and consultants were absolutely amazing with Ruth and us all back home.'
Though the Covid vaccines cannot stop deaths from other causes, such as sepsis, they do provide high protection against death and serious illness from Covid-19, data shows.
Public Health England estimates published in August predict that around 84,600 deaths and 23 million infections have been prevented as a result of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in England so far.
Meanwhile, in clinical trials, all of the vaccines showed very high levels of protection against symptomatic infections with Covid-19.
Figures between February 1 and August 29 show more than 1,000 fully vaccinated people in England died from the Delta variant - the dominant Covid strain in the UK - according to data from Public Health England.
In this time period, 37 people under the age of 50 who had been double jabbed and 1,054 over-50s have died after testing positive for the Delta variant.
