Claim: At least 133 children have died of Covid-19 in the UK.
Fact-check: GP's article overstates the number of Covid-19 deaths in children - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure is the number of deaths in england following a positive covid-19 test in people aged under 20. the number of deaths that we know were caused by covid in people aged under 18 in england and wales is 50, although this figure is slightly less recent.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2022-02-04T00:00:00