More than 100 nurses, doctors, paramedics and NHS workers have now died after contracting coronavirus.

These talented, brave and selfless people never signed up to lose their lives - they signed up to work for our National Health Service because they believed in helping others.

And yet, as this dangerous disease has swept through our nation, it has taken some of the kindest, brightest and caring citizens among us.

Nurse Elsie Sazuze fell ill after treating patients on the frontline at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton. “She knew the risks, but she wanted to help,” her husband said. The nurse died in hospital on April 7.

Dr Adil El Tayar, 63, was a renowned surgeon who treated hundreds of people over the course of his career for the NHS was described as an “excellent colleague” who “gave the precious gift of life to so many people”.

And 39-year-old Aimee O-Rouke, a nurse described as “kind and caring” died at the hospital she worked at in Kent.

Donna Campbell, a “bubbly and entertaining” healthcare support worker worked at the cancer treatment centre in Cardiff. She died at the University Hospital Wales in Cardiff on April 10.

Too many NHS heroes have died so far.

Our fundraising campaign Support our NHS Guardian Angels wants to raise as much money as possible to show those working in the NHS that we care and support them.

The appeal, set up by our newspaper group Newsquest, is running across our network of regional papers across the UK and is raising money for NHS Charities Together’s urgent Covid-19 appeal - the same cause that saw the heroic Captain Thomas Moore raise more than £25million last week.

This week, our campaign has toppled a remarkable £15,700 in under a month.

And today, we ask that you, our valued reader, donates what you can to help the NHS.

We know that our readers are generous and care about the NHS so please support those who are risking their lives to keep the rest of us safe.

Please visit our GoFundMe page and make a donation: gofundme.com/f/support-our-nhs-guardian-angels.

Every contribution counts, it truly is the sentiment that matters.

Already, we have been stunned by the magnanimous spirit of our readers from across the country who have donated funds to our campaign in their hundreds.

Chrina Jarvis wrote: “Thank you so much to the NHS who are risking their own lives in order to save others. We cannot thank you enough.”

While Martin Brommell added: “Our NHS is doing a brilliant job - thank you so much. You are absolute heroes and heroines. God bless you all.”