Kate Garraway bundles up in a cosy khaki coat as she heads to see husband Derek Draper in hospital

She recently recalled how her husband Derek Draper spoke his first word since emerging from a coma amid his Covid-19 battle. 

And Kate Garraway was seen leaving her London home on Sunday as she headed to visit Derek in hospital.

The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, bundled up in a khaki coat with a furry brown trim as she made her way into a taxi with a hand full of bags.

Kate teamed her cosy outerwear with a navy top, indigo skinny jeans and black boots. 

The TV star went make-up free for the visit, while she left her blonde tresses loose on her shoulder.

Among her belongings, Kate carried a box which read ‘wake up’ as made her way into the waiting taxi. 

Kate fought back tears during a recent installment of Good Morning Britain as she recalled how husband Derek, 53, spoke his first word since emerging from a coma. 

The broadcaster revealed Draper appeared to mouth the word ‘pain’ when asked by nurses if he was in any discomfort.

While Kate said it was ‘heartbreaking’ he was suffering, it marked progress in his recovery since being struck down with coronavirus in March.

But Kate is ‘keeping herself in check’ and said: ‘The power of hope is huge but you’re constantly trying to think, at what point do I have to start being real.’

Speaking to GMB from west London, she said: ‘Way back in April when we chatted for the first time and I said “look he seems to have survives so far, so I know I already have my miracle”.

‘But now I’m praying for the second miracle and that is for him to come back to us. It’s very difficult because this could be it. I’m very much trying to keep myself in check, not start crying, because we still don’t know.’

Kate explained that throughout 53-year-old Draper’s hospitalisation, doctors and nurses have continued treating him as if conscious, telling him when they were about to move him and asking if he were in any pain.

She recalled: ‘And they did this, and he very clearly mouthed the word “pain”. Everybody that was there stopped and couldn’t believe it.’

The TV presenter added: ‘It is a huge breakthrough, obviously it’s heartbreaking because he feels pain and that’s not what we want….

‘What it means is that he’s been able to connect a sensation in his body, with his mouth through his brain to say the word “pain”.

But she said: ‘I’ve spoken to you both before about is he still in there, is he locked away. I believe he is still in there. That’s a long way from being Derek with all his multiple words of colour with all the love, but it’s a start.

‘The power of hope is huge but you’re constantly trying to think, at what point do I have to start being real

She said there was ‘still a long road to go and we still don’t know how far down that road he can come’.

Kate was dealt another blow when her family car was stolen from outside her London home, with the star taking to Instagram to thank fans for their ‘wonderful messages’ of support.

Kate explained her and Derek’s 20-year-old car, nicknamed Vicky Volvo, had been taken overnight, leaving the co-hosts and viewers alike aghast.