Britain's death toll of 124,419 is the worst in Europe and fifth-highest in the world, behind only the US, Brazil Mexico and India. The group says it wants to prevent the UK's high death toll from happening again, with its website reading: 'Family members, and the country, deserve answers.' 'Every single one of the tens of thousands of deaths from Covid-19 recorded in the UK represents a living, breathing person, taken before their time. Pictured, Boris JohnsonToday's death toll of 158 marks a drop of 45 per cent on the 290 deaths recorded last Saturday. Yesterday, official statistics recorded 236 fatalities – down by a third week-on-week, with the Health Secretary boasting the decline was becoming 'faster and faster'.

Source: The Nation March 07, 2021 00:56 UTC