More than 50,000 people who have tested positive for Covid-19 across the UK have now died, official figures show, following another 595 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours.
The UK death toll now stands at 50,365, the highest in Europe, with another 22,950 testing positive for the disease over the last day, according to government data.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacted to the grim milestone by saying that "every death is a tragedy". "We mourn everybody who is gone, we're not out of the woods yet, it does still require everybody to follow the guidance and do the right thing to suppress the disease," he said.