'Hard to compute the sorrow': Johnson as UK passes 100,000 dead

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Published on January 26, 2021 - Duration: 00:47s

'Hard to compute the sorrow': Johnson as UK passes 100,000 dead

More than 100,000 Britons have died within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, official data showed on Tuesday.

In an address from Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed the heartbreak of the grim statistic.


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