Family of a elderly man who died on Easter Sunday claim he was a "silent casualty" of the coronavirus lockdown after panic attacks saw him sedated, slip into a coma and die. Patrick "Paddy" McCann, 93, died listening to songs and his favourite psalms, with one of his sons holding his hand, at Kāpiti Coast's Sevenoaks on Sunday. When New Zealand entered a four-week lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, McCann had "perfectly" understood the need, his family said. "I think he was just one of the silent Covid-19 casualties who died because of it, not from it," Teresa Francis said. Pictured: Paddy McCann with two of his eldest daughters, Teresa Francis and Roisin Hannah.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2020 16:52 UTC