Families gathered at the National Covid Memorial Wall to mark its first anniversary and pay tribute to those lost during the pandemic.
The first ministers of Scotland and Wales, and Northern Ireland's health minister are supporting the day's events.
On 23 March 2020, Mr Johnson announced the first national lockdown, telling people they would only be permitted to leave their homes for limited reasons, in a bid to stem the spread of Covid-19.When the restrictions were dropped, Health Secretary Sajid Javid insisted it was the right time but added that Covid was "certainly not done with us".
But he added that the high case numbers were not causing surges in intensive care admissions and deaths.On Wednesday, government figures show there have been 164,123 deaths in the UK within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test, with 194 of those deaths reported in the past 24 hours. The latest available figures from the government's dashboard show there are 16,720 patients in hospital with Covid-19.
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