A troubled couple has shared pitiful photos of their six-month-old baby who had just survived heart surgery, however, has now been diagnosed with Coronavirus.

The baby, Erin Bates, who has been nicknamed ‘miracle baby’ is now on an oxygen machine as she has been battling with windpipe problems since birth.

Bates was born weighing just 5lbs 4oz has been undergoing treatment since her birth.

In any case, after months of treatment, her parents were already feeling like she stood a good chance of recovery.

However, on Friday a diagnosis of Covid-19 was confirmed.

Metro UK with the consent of her parents, shared pictures of the baby girl lying in hospital on a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine supplying oxygen, surrounded by wires, tubes and equipment.

Her dad, Mr Bates, a mechanic for Toyota, said:

‘People are still not taking this outbreak seriously and that upsets me. I take it personally.

‘Even before we went into lockdown, when we went into a supermarket we were anxious because our daughter is susceptible to viruses,” he said.

‘But people still don’t seem to have any concept of personal space.

‘There was a picture I’ve seen of a beach where there was an ice cream hut open with people queuing outside like it was a normal day.

The mother of the baby, Mrs Bates, a travel agent, Posting on Facebook about her daughter’s diagnosis, wrote:

‘It horrifies me that people still are not sticking to the lockdown measures. It does upset both of us.

‘Both myself and Wayne are utterly heartbroken yet again that we are in a position where we may lose our little girl if she doesn’t carry on fighting,” she said.

‘Please, please, please keep Erin in your prayers. We can’t lose her over this virus. She has battled through too much – we need her, she completes us.’

‘I hope that those who haven’t taken this virus seriously read this and I hope it now sinks in,’ she added.