Get our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe UK's Covid-19 death toll has risen by 141, the Department of Health has announced. Last Wednesday there were 190 confirmed fatalities, while a fortnight ago the figure was 487. A month ago, on February 17, the Department of Health announced 738 people had died, meaning the daily figure has fallen by 81 per cent. And appearing to back an inquiry, he said Parliament should have an “urgent, very very hard look into what went wrong and why”.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2021 16:06 UTC