In full: Boris Johnson confirms UK death toll has passed 100,000

The UK has officially surpassed 100,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began, Boris Johnson has confirmed.

"It's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic: The years of life lost, the family gatherings not attended and for so many relatives the missed chance to even say goodbye," the Prime Minister said.

“This is a sobering moment in the pandemic, these are not just numbers," added Dr Yvonne Doyle, medical director at Public Health England.

"Each death is a person who was someone’s family member and friend."

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