UK becomes first European country to officially record over 100,000 coronavirus deaths.

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Great Britain is the fifth country in the world to achieve this tragic figure, after the USA, Brazil, India and Mexico.. Britain now has the highest coronavirus death rate per million of any country in the world.

For the week ending January 15, the Office for National Statistics recorded 7,776 deaths when the virus was mentioned on death certificates, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 103,602..

The government uses a slightly lower rate of deaths within 28 days of a positive test at 98,531 as of Monday..

Last April, the UK reported over 9,000 coronavirus deaths in two weeks, but there were no other weeks if the death toll exceeded 7,000, the BBC reminds..

In nine out of ten death certificates that mention coronavirus, Covid is registered as the cause of death.

Most deaths occur in older age groups - nearly three quarters of those who died from the virus were over 75. One in three deaths occurred in nursing home residents.

As reported, the UK government plans to introduce a new rule on self-isolation of travelers from high-risk countries in hotels, hoping in this way to prevent the spread of mutated strains of coronavirus..