Claim: No more than 100,000 people have died of Covid in the UK.
Fact-check: Lord Sumption made several errors about Covid on Today - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. so far, 124,082 deaths have been recorded in england and wales alone, where covid itself was the underlying cause.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-07-20T00:00:00