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UK's coronavirus death toll worst in Europe after 'nine days dithering' over lockdown
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The number of coronavirus infections in the UK soared by an estimated 1.3 million over the course of the nine days directly before lockdown, according to reports.
An investigation by the Sunday Times suggests that the Government's delay in acting may have worsened the peak of the pandemic, and is responsible for the UK suffering Europe's worst death toll.
Boris Johnson is said to have decided to bring in some form of lockdown on March 14, when new modelling shows 200,000 people were ill with the deadly bug.
But deliberations over what restrictions to bring in and when meant the PM did not ask Brits to stay at home until March 23, nine days later, by which point the modelling estimates that 1.5million people had caught the infection.
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COVID-19
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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