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Britain reels under impact of new strain 

With over 1,000 deaths a day, Britain is reeling under the pandemic as the new coronavirus varaint sweeps through the country, but the worst is still to come. The pandemic has led to more deaths in the country last year than any other year in the last century, surpassing even the toll during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, according to government data. The variant is straining the already overwhelmed hospital and the crisis is only worsening with each passing day. Some hospitals have been forced to erect temporary centres to keep the dead after