A mother who stockpiled 18 toilet rolls amid coronavirus-fuelled panic-buying has sent Twitter wild after discovering her children had thrown them all in the bath.

With supermarket shelves running bare following the increase of Covid-19 cases, the anonymous parent decided to buy 18 rolls of toilet paper.

But the mother was beside herself after leaving the paper unattended, only to find her children had decided to give them a bath, along with many of their toys.

The incident was shared on Twitter by Ed Cumming, from Hampshire, who posted a photo of the soggy mess today.

A mother who had stockpiled 18 toilet rolls amid coronavirus-fuelled panic-buying has sent Twitter wild after discovering her children had thrown them all in the bath (pictured)

The incident was shared on Twitter by Ed Cumming (above), from Hampshire, who posted a photo of the soggy mess today

The tweet was quickly inundated with thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, with social media users seeing the funny side (pictured)

He captioned the image: 'My friend bought 18 loo rolls and her kids put them all in the bath.'

The tweet was quickly inundated with thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, with social media users seeing the funny side.

One person commented: 'I literally GASPED when I saw that,' while another said: 'Kids gotta love them.'

A third social media user joked: 'Throw some pasta into that and it’d be a sure fire quarantine kit.'

Social media users (above) commented on the post and were amused by the shocking incident

However, some weren't impressed with the stockpiling, with one person writing: 'Karma. Just hope the weak and vulnerable haven't missed out owing to her selfishness.'

A customer carries several packs of toilet roll in this stock image. It comes as people stockpile essentials amid coronavirus panic

However, some weren't impressed with the stockpiling, with one person writing: 'Karma. Just hope the weak and vulnerable haven't missed out owing to her selfishness.'

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK has risen above 1,000, panicked Brits have stripped shelves across Britain bare of essentials, including toilet paper.

Supermarkets cracked down on what shoppers can purchase as panic about the coronavirus epidemic created wide-spread stockpiling.

The chaos saw people scrabbling to load up with loo rolls, long-life milk and pasta in a bid to prepare for the worst.

Customers are pictured above in Savers, north London panic-buying toilet rolls in a bid to stockpile items

One woman, left, is seen handling almost 20 rolls of loo roll in the north London Savers, while shoppers are seen lining up to pay at an Aldi in Liverpool, right

Empty hand wash and toiletry shelves are pictured above in Tesco in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre in London

Sainsbury's - which has a five-product limit on certain items - emailed millions of its customers yesterday to urge them not to stockpile and insisting there were enough supplies of food and essential items for 'everyone'.

Tesco - Britain's biggest supermarket - has rationed the sale of anti-bacterial products, dried pasta, tinned vegetables, toilet paper and tissues to five packs at a time starting online on Sunday morning and in stores on Saturday afternoon.

Waitrose has introduced a limit to products - including hand sanitizer - that can be bought online.

In Boots, bottles of children's paracetamol Calpol are being sold at only one at a time.

Yesterday, a young mother in Glasgow was left in tears after not finding baby milk for her newborn, who was just three days old, Glasgow Live reported.

One customer said: 'I spoke to a young guy who told me that a woman with a three day old baby was in tears because she couldn't find powdered milk, it's just outrageous.'

A map of the UK showing the amount of coronavirus cases and deaths throughout Britain