These are the faces of some of the young victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yesterday the UK became the fifth country in the world to pass 100,000 deaths, and the first in Europe.
Heartbreaking data shows that nearly 1,000 people under the age of 44 had died in England and Wales by January 15. The figure includes 10 children under the age of 15, among them two boys who had yet to celebrate their first birthday.
And today NHS England confirmed that a 29 and 32-year-old were among 973 to die in hospital after contracting the virus. Here are some of the people whose lives were claimed by the virus.
Luca Di Nicola, 19 Chef Luca tragically died in March last year after being taken ill in London. The teenager, who worked at his family's restaurant