British Prime Minister offers deepest condolences as official UK death toll passes 100,000

Mr Johnson told a Downing Street press conference: “I’m sorry to have to tell you that today the number of deaths recorded from Covid in the UK has surpassed 100,000…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London (PA)

Boris Johnson has offered his “deepest condolences” to those who have lost relatives to coronavirus and pledged to ensure their loved ones are remembered as the UK government’s figure for Covid-19 deaths passed 100,000.

The British Prime Minister said that when the country comes through the crisis “we will come together as a nation to remember everyone we lost and to honour the selfless heroism of all those on the front line who gave their lives to save others”.