The UK hospital death toll passing 20,000 is a "deeply tragic and moving moment", the home secretary has said. Speaking at today's daily coronavirus press briefing, Priti Patel addressed the devastating milestone and warned that the country was "not out of the woods yet".
Her comments came after Professor Stephen Powis, medical director of NHS England was asked about a remark he made at the end of March in which he claimed the UK will have done 'very well' if fewer than 20,000 people died during the pandemic. “If it is less than 20,000...
that would be a good result though every death is a tragedy, but we should not be complacent about that,” he had told a Downing Street press briefing on March 28.
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