Claim: The official UK death toll from the coronavirus pandemic now equals the death toll from the Blitz.
Fact-check: More people have probably been killed by coronavirus than were killed during the Blitz - Full Fact
Verdict: at the time this claim was made, the government's "official" published count of covid-19 deaths was slightly under the number of deaths during the blitz, although the numbers are very similar. the true number of deaths related to covid-19 is likely to be higher than the toll during the blitz.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2020-06-24T00:00:00