UK’s wider Covid-19 death toll passes 160,000

The ONS figures provide the fullest picture so far of how the Covid-19 pandemic has unfolded in the UK

A woman walks past the Covid memorial wall in Westminster, London. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

More than 160,000 people in the UK have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate, new figures show.

The total was passed on September 7, but has only now been confirmed due to the time it takes for deaths to be registered.