speaking to me earlier. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died, within 28 days of a positive covid test. another 313 deaths have been reported in the latest daily figures. the uk is the seventh country to pass this number of official deaths after the us, brazil, india, russia, mexico, and peru. it comes as britain experiences its worst wave of coronovirus cases yet, as the highly transmissible 0micron variant sweeps across much of the country. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns takes a look now at the toll the pandemic has taken on people around the uk. how do you begin to imagine 150,000 people? it s almost the entire population of oxford, a city, like others, where the pandemic has caused so much pain. the first death within 28 days of a positive covid test was recorded in the uk on 6 march, 2020. five weeks later, more than 10,000 people had died. sabir hussain mirza was 0xford s first muslim councillor.
officers after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis. the search which has been described as traumatic took place at the girl s secondary school in hackney in 2020. there was no other adult present. a safeguarding report found it was unjustified, and that racism was likely to have been a factor. scotland yard has said the officers actions were regrettable.’ two years on since the first coronovirus lockdown and london s a&e departments remain under pressure. whipps cross emergency department is seeing around 300 patients a day. it s set up an ambulance receiving centre to speed up waiting times. and you can see how that works on our programme this evening at 6.30. the met police has become the first force to develop and use new technology to find blood stains on dark clothing. this infra red camera can detect even the tiniest particles in just a few minutes. it s hoped it will speed up evidence gathering in violent crime cases.