UK Passes 50,000 COVID-19 Deaths

The United Kingdom has recorded more than 50,000 deaths from COVID-19, as the British government reported an additional 595 deaths in the past 24 hours.

The total death toll in the UK now stands at 50,365, the UK government reported on Wednesday.

The country reached the grim mark as England, where most deaths were reported, completed the first of four weeks of a national lockdown, which came into effect last Thursday, in an attempt curb the spread of COVID-19 across the country.

British authorities reported 22,950 new Coronavirus infections on Wednesday, which bring the total number of cases in the UK to 1,256,725.

The UK has the fifth highest number of deaths in the world, after the US, Brazil, India and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University figures. It has the eighth highest number of cases in the world, after the US, India, Brazil, France, Russia, Spain and Argentina.