Seems to be a bit of controversy brewing regarding the Covid-19 death figures that Matt Hancock reported during today's daily briefing.

This evening, Hancock told the public an additional 111 people have died with Covid-19, taking the overall figure to 39,045. However, he neglected to mention that yesterday's reported figure was 38,489, meaning the overall figure has in fact increased by 556. The new figure apparently includes an historical correction of an additional 445 deaths.

Whether this omission from Hancock was deliberate or not is open to debate. However, the new figures only serve to further highlight just how poorly the UK governments have dealt with this pandemic.

The current figures for the major European countries are as follows:

39,045 - UK
33,475 - Italy
28,833 - France
27,127 - Spain
9,486 - Belgium
8,618 - Germany
5,962 - Netherlands
4,855 - Russia
4,403 - Sweden
1,650 - Ireland

Regardless of any political allegiances, those UK numbers are shocking.