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The UK has the worst number of coronavirus deaths in Europe.
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), more than 7,000 people died with the suspected Covid-19 in England and Wales in the week to April 24, for a total of 29,548.
Adding this total to the numbers for Scotland and Northern Ireland, the total deaths in the UK is 32,349.
But at Downing Street’s daily briefing this afternoon, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the latest government figures put the total death toll in the UK at 29,427 after another 693 people died yesterday. by the virus.
While the numbers differ from ONS, both figures surpass Spain and Italy, but Dominic Raab says it is too early to say that the UK has the worst record for coronavirus deaths in Europe, as countries count in different ways.
“I don’t think he can make the international comparisons he’s doing at this stage, at least I don’t think he can do them reliably,” said Raab.
Italy has an official death toll of 29,316, which means that only the US The USA, which has recorded more than 67,000 deaths, has a higher count than the United Kingdom.
