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UK Virus Toll Becomes World's Second Highest

Agence France-Presse

   LONDON - Britain's death toll from the coronavirus has topped 32,000,
   according to an updated official count released Tuesday, pushing the
   country past Italy to become the second-most impacted after the United
   States.

   The new toll, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and
   regional health bodies, has not yet been incorporated into the
   government's daily figures, which records the current number of deaths
   as 29,427.

   That is still higher than Italy, which on Tuesday said it has recorded
   29,316 virus fatalities to date, but far short of the U.S. where nearly
   69,000 have died in the pandemic.

   However, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged against trying to
   make reliable international comparisons.

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