Boris Johnson recognises ‘terrible toll’ as UK Covid death total passes 150,000 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Steve Parsons/PA)

Boris Johnson recognised the “terrible toll” of coronavirus on the UK after official figures showed more than 150,000 people have now died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19.

A scientist advising the UK Government said the total passed on Saturday, when an additional 313 deaths were announced, was an “absolute tragedy” made worse because “many of them were avoidable if we had acted earlier in the first and second wave”.