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More than 200,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show.
There are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the tally.
It comes after the number of fatalities in the US passed 50,000, as Americans endure the world's deadliest outbreak.
On 11 January, Chinese state media reported the first known death liked to the virus. More than 210 countries and territories have since reported cases.
The UK's Department of Health announced today that more than 20,000 people have now died with coronavirus in UK hospitals.
Home secretary Priti Patel described the figure as a "tragic and terrible milestone" and said "the entire nation is grieving".
As the UK's daily data does not include people who die at home or in nursing homes, the true figure is certain to be higher.
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