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TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2022
UK Covid-19 death toll rises to nearly 50,000

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Reuters
02 June, 2020, 04:00 pm
Last modified: 02 June, 2020, 04:17 pm

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UK Covid-19 death toll rises to nearly 50,000

In March, Britain’s chief scientific adviser said keeping deaths below 20,000 would be a “good outcome”

Reuters
02 June, 2020, 04:00 pm
Last modified: 02 June, 2020, 04:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a mask is seen walking up steps to Westminster Bridge, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in London, Britain, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a mask is seen walking up steps to Westminster Bridge, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in London, Britain, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

The United Kingdom's Covid-19 death toll neared 50,000 on Tuesday, a grim figure for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he takes steps to ease the coronavirus lockdown.

The toll now stands at 49,646, including death certificate data for England and Wales released on Tuesday up to May 22, previous figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and recent hospital deaths in England.

In March, Britain's chief scientific adviser said keeping deaths below 20,000 would be a "good outcome". In April, Reuters reported the government's worst-case scenario was 50,000 deaths.

The government says that while it may have made some mistakes it is grappling with the biggest public health crisis since the 1918 influenza outbreak and that it has ensured the health service was not overwhelmed.

Unlike the daily death toll published by the government, Tuesday's death certificate figures include suspected cases and confirmed cases of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

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