UK now has highest Covid-19 death rate in the world

671 more deaths were confirmed on Sunday

The UK now has the worst per-capita Covid-19 death rate in the world, newly released data has confirmed. Over the past week, an average of 935 people have died each day from Covid-19 - the equivalent of 16 in every million dying every day. Almost a year since the first Covid death in Britain, the death rate is higher now than it was at the height of the first wave back in April 2020. The Czech Republic had held the top spot in the death rate league table since January 11, but data released on Sunday saw the UK pip them to first place despite the current lockdown measures. World beating indeed. Covid-19 numbers tend to take a dip at the weekend due to a lag in reporting new cases, but they are expected to rise again when Monday's data is revealed. https://twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1350493950335922178 The UK also has the highest death toll in Europe, with only the US, Brazil, India and Mexico recording more deaths across the world. It is worth bearing in mind that all four of those countries have significantly higher populations than plague island. More than 5 per cent of the United Kingdom's population has been infected since the pandemic first hit the UK, with over 3.4 million confirmed infections. Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, has also warned that hospitalisations are expected to increase in the short term.