coronavirus deaths.New government data shows the number of people who have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test has risen to more than 50,365, up by 595 fatalities in the past 24 hours.A total of 61,648 people have now died since the start of the pandemic whose death certificate mentioned Covid-19 as one of the causes, with 1,597 in the past week, the figures show.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the figures showed, despite hopes for a vaccine, "we are not out of the woods".He said: "Every death is a tragedy," but added: "I do think we have got now to a different phase in the way that we treat it."Speaking during a visit to a Tesco distribution centre in Erith, south-east London, he added: "After the tough autumn measures which.