Does the UK have highest Covid death toll in Europe?

Does the UK have highest Covid death toll in Europe? Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour Party, told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme: "We have the highest death toll in Europe."

That is correct but does not take into account population size. Some smaller countries have reported higher rates of deaths per 100,000 people.

The UK did have the worst figures across most measures in the first wave of coronavirus, but has since been overtaken by countries that had worse winters. BBC News

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• Coronavirus: Matt Hancock claims Bolton is doing 'tens of thousands' of jabs per day The Daily Mail
• Introducing Covid certificates is a ‘finely balanced’ decision, says Gove The Guardian
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