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New UK coronavirus deaths match whole of EU - as Boris Johnson says he's 'proud'

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About as many Brits are now being recorded as dying each day from coronavirus as in the whole of the EU put together. World Health Organisation reports say 332 new daily deaths were officially reported by the 27 EU countries in the most recent period to June 3.

In the same period, the UK recorded 324 deaths, according to the WHO situation report. Ministers and scientists have warned the figures cannot be directly compared, because each country measures deaths differently.

Reporting periods won't overlap exactly and, in some cases, deaths may not be counted in all settings like care homes as they are in the UK.

Each country also has different demographics and population sizes which mean the daily deaths do not represent "excess deaths" in

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