Official coronavirus death toll tops 40,000 in Britain, as health secretary laments ‘time of sorrow’

Britain’s official coronavirus death toll has topped 40,000, after the government on Friday reported a further 357 fatalities in the last 24 hours.Health Secretary Matt Hancock said reaching the grim milestone was “a time of sorrow for us all”.“We’ve got to remember that each one of these is an impact on a family that will never be the same again and my heart goes out to them all,” he said. “And it makes me redouble my determination to deal with this virus.”His ministry said 40,261 people who…

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