Five already dead by time UK reported first coronavirus death
Official data shows first fatality happened three days before government announcement
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At least five other people had died from the coronavirus in the UK by the time the government reported the first death from the outbreak, new data has revealed.
The figures show that the lethal impact of the outbreak had already been recorded when Boris Johnson joked about shaking hands with hospital staff in the first Downing Street coronavirus briefing on 3 March, when no deaths had been officially announced.
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