Nearly 3,000 further coronavirus deaths have been added to the UK's official death toll after a data error was discovered. An extra 2,714 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were added to the figures on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to 169,095.
The UKHSA said the 2,714 deaths, which all occurred in England this year, were "not reported in a timely manner" due to a "data processing error". They have now been retrospectively added to the official death toll.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) records its own death toll based on the number of people who have Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate. Under this method of counting, the death toll currently stands at just over 190,000.
