'We did everything we could' - Boris Johnson marks sombre death toll as lives lost to coronavirus officially top 100,000

The Prime Minister insisted the Government “did everything that we could to minimise suffering and minimise loss of life in this country as a result of the pandemic”.

But he faced questions over why, when in April last year 20,000 deaths was described by the Government's chief science adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance as “a good outcome”, the grim figure now stood at five times this.