The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the fifth country in the world to record more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths.
Figures from the British government showed that 595 more people in the country died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus, the highest daily number since May. The figure took the U.K.'s total death toll in the pandemic to 50,365.
The U.K, which has persisted in having the most virus-related deaths of any European country, joins the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico in reporting more than 50,000 COVID-19 deaths, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University.