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U.K. Covid Deaths Fall to Zero as Calls Grow to End Lockdown
- No new daily deaths reported for first time in pandemic
- Rising cases of Delta variant have put lockdown end in doubt
Workers buy lunch in The City of London on May 27.
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The U.K. recorded no new Covid-19 deaths for the first time since the global pandemic began, bolstering demands from industry groups for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift restrictions as planned this month.
Zero deaths have been reported in the past day, according to the latest statistics published on the government’s coronavirus dashboard at 4 p.m. Tuesday. That’s the first time since March 7 last year that nobody has died in the U.K. from the disease.