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The UK was overtaken by Sweden last week but again has the highest coronavirus death rate per capita with 4.54 fatalities per million residents per day on a rolling seven-day average, according to Oxford researchersVideo Unavailable The UK has overtaken Sweden to again have the highest per capita death rate in the world, according to University of Oxford researchers. Although cases are declining overall, the UK had 4.54 deaths per million residents per day on a rolling seven-day average, according to figures from the Our World in Data website. It is slightly higher than Sweden's rate of 4.51, the researchers found. Britain and Sweden are followed by Brazil (4.4), tiny San Marino (4.21) and the US (3.52) based on data for the week up to Monday. Excluding San Marino, given its small population of 34,000, Belgium still has the highest per capita death rate over the entire course of the pandemic, followed by Italy, the UK, France and Sweden. Sign up to get the Mirror’s daily coronavirus briefing email at - in your inbox after the press conference every evening. &nbsp;The data should be approached with caution given that population sizes vary and some countries, such as Belgium, include suspected cases in their daily death tolls, while others only count confirmed infections. The Our World in Data website states: "Limited testing and challenges in the attribution of the cause of death means that the number of confirmed deaths may not be an accurate count of the true number of deaths from COVID-19." According to Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking coronavirus since the outbreak erupted in China, almost 5.5 million cases have been confirmed worldwide as of Tuesday morning. More than 346,000 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.The US has the most cases (1.6 million), followed by Brazil (almost 375,000), Russia (more than 353,000), the UK (just over 262,500) and Spain (235,400). America also has the highest number of deaths, with 98,223. The UK is second in the world with 36,996. Italy is third with 32,877, followed by France with 28,460 and Spain with 26,834.Video UnavailableThe data emerged as Britons were urged to use common sense as the warm continues this week. People are being reminded to practise social distancing as some councils ask day-trippers not to visit their beaches or beauty spots to prevent overcrowding. Thousands flocked to beaches in places such as Bournemouth, Brighton and Southend on bank holiday Monday, raising concerns about social distancing. Police were called to a lido in north London amid reports of one large group gathering, while people were also warned not to overcrowd beaches as sunseekers made the most of the fine weather.While new cases and deaths from coronavirus have fallen nationally, a hospital in Somerset was forced to close this weekend due to a high number of Covid-19 patients. Weston General Hospital, in Weston-super-Mare, stopped accepting new admissions, including into its A&amp;E department from 8am on Monday. As the hospital shut as a precautionary measure, some residents in Weston reported concern over high numbers of people enjoying a day at the seaside. Prime Minister announced on Monday that all non-essential shops will be able to reopen in England on June 15 as part of plans to further ease the lockdown.Read moreCoronavirus outbreakOutdoor markets and car showrooms will be allowed to reopen on June 1. Shoppers will have to "exercise restraint" by not trying on clothing and testing goods when stores reopen next month, said. Speaking about plans to reopen non-essential shops in June, the Minister for the Cabinet Office said shopping habits will have to change. He told on Tuesday: "It's also the case that we need to ensure that some of the shopping habits people may have grown used to in the pre-Covid days are habits that we exercise a degree of restraint on. "So when it comes to touching and testing goods, when it comes to trying on clothing, when it comes to trying make-up and so on, that all of us exercise restraint in not doing that and recognising that as these stores reopen, it is a new normal, but it will allow us to ensure there are a wider range of goods and will also ensure the economy can return to a new normal, that is absolutely vital for people's jobs."Follow MORE ON

The UK was overtaken by Sweden last week but again has the highest coronavirus death rate per capita with 4.54 fatalities per million residents per day on a rolling seven-day average, according to Oxford researchersVideo Unavailable The UK has overtaken Sweden to again have the highest per capita death rate in the world, according to University of Oxford researchers. Although cases are declining overall, the UK had 4.54 deaths per million residents per day on a rolling seven-day average, according to figures from the Our World in Data website. It is slightly higher than Sweden's rate of...

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