The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll neared 50,000 on Tuesday, establishing its place as one of the worst-hit countries in the world just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to ease the stringent novel coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported.
The toll now reaches at 49,646, including death certificate data for England and Wales published on Tuesday up to May 22, previously published figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland, and recent hospital deaths in England.
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