UK’s Covid-19 death toll jumps to second in Europe as government FINALLY includes care-home deaths
UK’s Covid-19 death toll jumps to second in Europe as government FINALLY includes care-home deaths
The United Kingdom’s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to the second highest in Europe on Wednesday after the government finally included people who died in care homes and the wider community in its fatality figures.
Health officials had previously only counted people who died in hospital after testing positive for the illness in its official stats, leading many to allege that Britons weren’t being given the full picture.
Public Health England released figures on Wednesday that cover fatalities in all settings, including in nursing homes. The stats show that some 26,097 people died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus in the UK.
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