CHALLENGING DAYS: For Prime Minister Boris Johnson
The Covid pandemic has caused excess deaths to rise to their highest level since World War Two, according to a BBC report.
There were close to 697,000 deaths in the UK in 2020 - nearly 91,000 more than what would be expected based on the average in the previous five years.
This represents an increase of 15% - making it the largest rise in excess deaths for more than 75 years.
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