COVID-19
COVID19 death toll tops 50,000 in UK
The total number of fatalities from the Coronavirus in the UK has topped 50,000.
CNN reports that according to England and Wales’ Office for National Statistics (ONS), at least 50,413 people have died of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom.
This comes as the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has reported only 40,680 Coronavirus fatalities so far.
The UK has officially recorded 288,834 cases of the Coronavirus.
As per the new data, the UK has the second-highest number of COVID19 deaths globally – surpassed only by the US, which has over 111,000 fatalities.