150,000 handpainted hearts on memorial wall represent each life lost to COVID in the UK

150,000 hand-painted red and pink hearts line a wall beside the River Thames in London, with each heart representing a person lost to COVID-19 in the UK. 

The National COVID Memorial Wall sits on the embankment on the south side of the River Thames in London, stretching nearly 500 metres between Westminster and Lambeth bridges. The hearts have been handpainted by volunteers. 

Image: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images

Statistics vary on the number of people who've died from COVID-19 in the UKThe Office for National Statistics figures at the end of March showed that more than 150,000 people had died from COVID-19. But at the time of publishing, the government's official death toll stood at 149,968 people. Read more...

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