The UK has marked a grim milestone as its official Covid-19 death toll has passed 150,000.

It has the fourth highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world, surpassed only by Brazil, India and the USA.

Britain’s official count for coronavirus deaths shows people who have died within 28 days of testing positive.

However data where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate puts the figure at 173,248.

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