COVID-19: Figures show the UK COVID-19 death rate is the highest in the world

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On Monday, newly published data revealed that the United Kingdom has the highest death rate from COVID-19, with an average of 16 individuals in every million dying from the novel coronavirus.

On average, an additional 935 COVID-19 deaths are reported in the United Kingdom every day.

No country currently has a COVID-19 death rate matching that of the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom reported its first two cases of COVID-19 on 31 January 2020.

The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 24.6 million infections and 408,380 fatalities, although India trails behind with 10.5 million cases and 152,593 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 8.5 million cases and 210,299 deaths.

The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 95.9 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 2 million fatalities across 219 countries and territories.

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