Coronavirus news – live: Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for ‘hugely insulting’ care homes remark as UK Covid-19 death toll rises above 55,000

Boris Johnson has refused to apologise after he suggested "too many" care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.

His comments have sparked outrage, with Keir Starmer branding them "shameful".

The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK remains a little over 55,000, according to the latest available data from the Office for National Statistics.

Meanwhile, Brazil's president - who has downplayed the dangers of the virus and opposed local lockdowns in his country - says he has tested positive for the virus. He would join a handful of other national leaders, including the UK prime minister and the Honduran president, to have contracted the disease.

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