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Coronavirus:2.5m infected, 170, 501 dead

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More than 140, 00o firms have applied for help to pay their wage bill through the government’s job retention scheme according to Chancellor Rishi Sunak the money would help pay the wage for more than 10 million people.  But many more than that are  expected to be furloughed due to the lockdown;

The chancellor said the scheme would help people who could have lost their jobs if they had not been furloughed.

The government then said it was extending the scheme to anyone who had started by 19th March.

It’s a massive feat of engineering an unprecedent3ed reverse plumbing of the tax system, instead of sucking money out of millions of pay packets. HMRC is pumping cash into throw companies and employees a lifeline costing treasury over £50m.

An RAF aircraft has departed the UK at around 17:00  BST on Monday to collect  84 tonnes of shipment including 400, 000 gowns, for Turkey to pick up a delayed delivery of protective kit amid a row over a shortage in the NHS.

449 deaths in the UK hospital were recorded making the total dead 16, 509 due to coronavirus and 124, 743 infected. 

Deaths in England and Wales have doubled above what would be expected to hit a 20-year high. There were 18., 500 deaths in the week up to 10 April about 8, 000, more than normal at this time of the year according to the Office of National Statistics.

The price of the US Crude oil has turned negative for the first time in history,  its lowest level since 2002, meaning the oil producers are paying buyers to take the commodity off their hands over fears that shortage capacity could run out in May.

Demand for oil has all but dried up as lockdowns across the world have kept people at home. As result oil firms have resorted to renting tankers to store the surplus supply and that has forced the price of US oil into negative territory.  The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark for US oil. fell as low as minus $37.63 a barrel.

The US president says he will sign an executive order to fight “ the attack from invisible enemy” as immigration to the US to be halted amid pandemic. On Twitter, he cited “ the attack from the invisible enemy”, as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not give details.

The US has over 793, 000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 42, 518 deaths.

“We all have to just be careful because I’ve read people are facing mental health issues from being isolated for so long. Actually, I’ve just been talking about this with the microwave and toaster while drinking coffee and we all agreed that things are getting worse.

I didn’t mention anything to the washing machine as she puts a different spin on everything. Certainly not the fridge as he is acting cold and distant.

In the end, the Iron straightened me out as she said everything will be fine and no situation is too pressing. The vacuum was very unsympathetic and told me to just suck it up, but the fan was more optimistic and hoped it would all blow over. The toilet looked a bit flushed when I asked its opinion and didn’t say anything but the doorknob told me to get a grip. The front door said I was unhinged and so the curtains told me to pull myself together.”

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Tests/
Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests 1M pop
World 2,484,314 3,811 170,501 104 652,761 1,661,052 57,336 319 21.9  
USA 792,938 179 42,518 4 72,389 678,031 13,951 2,396 128 4,027,367 12,167
Spain 200,210 20,852 80,587 98,771 7,371 4,282 446 930,230 19,896
Italy 181,228 24,114 48,877 108,237 2,573 2,997 399 1,398,024 23,122
France 155,383 20,265 37,409 97,709 5,683 2,380 310 463,662 7,103
Germany 147,065 4,862 95,200 47,003 2,889 1,755 58 1,728,357 20,629
UK 124,743   16,509   N/A 107,890 1,559 1,838 243 501,379 7,386
Turkey 90,980 2,140 13,430 75,410 1,909 1,079 25 673,980 7,991
Iran 83,505 5,209 59,273 19,023 3,389 994 62 353,012 4,203
China 82,758 11 4,632 77,123 1,003 82 57 3
Russia 47,121 405 3,446 43,270 700 323 3 2,053,319 14,070
Brazil 40,814 71 2,588 1 22,991 15,235 8,318 192 12 291,922 1,373
Belgium 39,983 5,828 8,895 25,260 1,071 3,450 503 161,896 13,969
Canada 36,831 2 1,690 12,586 22,555 557 976 45 559,578 14,826
Netherlands 33,405 3,751 N/A 29,404 1,158 1,950 219 171,415 10,004
Switzerland 27,944 1,429 18,600 7,915 386 3,229 165 224,442 25,933
Portugal 20,863 735 610 19,518 215 2,046 72 235,878 23,133
India 18,658 119 592 3,273 14,793 14 0.4 401,586 291
Peru 16,325 445 6,968 8,912 385 495 13 148,011 4,489
Ireland 15,652 687 77 14,888 294 3,170 139 90,646 18,358
Austria 14,795 470 10,631 3,694 194 1,643 52 182,949 20,313
Sweden 14,777 1,580 550 12,647 521 1,463 156 74,600 7,387
Israel 13,883 170 181 4 4,353 9,349 142 1,604 21 240,303 27,763
Japan 11,135 263 1,239 9,633 217 88 2 116,725 923
S. Korea 10,683 9 237 1 8,213 2,233 55 208 5 571,014 11,138
Chile 10,507 139 4,676 5,692 377 550 7 118,827 6,216
Saudi Arabia 10,484 103 1,490 8,891 88 301 3 180,000 5,170
Ecuador 10,128 507 1,150 8,471 124 574 29 32,453 1,839
Poland 9,593 380 1,297 7,916 160 253 10 214,236 5,661
Pakistan 9,216 324 192 16 2,066 6,958 46 42 0.9 111,806 506
Singapore 9,125 1,111 11 801 8,313 23 1,560 2 94,796 16,203
Romania 8,936 482 4 2,017 6,437 261 465 25 98,491 5,120
Mexico 8,772 511 712 26 2,627 5,433 378 68 6 49,570 384
Denmark 7,515 364 4,312 2,839 84 1,297 63 96,244 16,616
UAE 7,265 43 1,360 5,862 1 735 4 790,000 79,875
Norway 7,156 181 32 6,943 58 1,320 33 143,255 26,425
Czechia 6,914 14 196 2 1,597 5,121 75 646 18 178,617 16,679
Indonesia 6,760 590 747 5,423 25 2 49,767 182
Australia 6,642 17 71 4,685 1,886 49 260 3 438,540 17,198
Serbia 6,630 125 870 5,635 108 759 14 41,812 4,785
Philippines 6,459 428 613 5,418 1 59 4 59,928 547
Belarus 6,264 51 514 5,699 92 663 5 102,556 10,853
Ukraine 6,125 415 161 10 367 5,597 45 140 4 61,997 1,418
Qatar 6,015 9 555 5,451 37 2,088 3 64,620 22,429
Malaysia 5,425 89 3,295 2,041 45 168 3 108,216 3,344
Dominican Republic 4,964 235 416 4,313 128 458 22 57,809 5,329
Panama 4,658 191 136 10 204 4,318 98 1,080 32 20,996 4,866
Colombia 3,977 189 804 2,984 98 78 4 65,169 1,281
Finland 3,868 98 2,000 1,770 67 698 18 59,200 10,685
Luxembourg 3,558 75 637 2,846 32 5,684 120 33,798 53,992
Egypt 3,333 250 821 2,262 33 2 55,000 537
South Africa 3,300 58 1,055 2,187 36 56 1 121,510 2,049
Morocco 3,046 143 350 2,553 1 83 4 16,386 444
Argentina 3,031 142 737 2,152 123 67 3 34,568 765
Bangladesh 2,948 101 85 2,762 1 18 0.6 26,604 162
Thailand 2,811 19 48 1 2,108 655 61 40 0.7 142,589 2,043
Algeria 2,718 384 1,099 1,235 40 62 9 6,500 148
Moldova 2,548 70 457 2,021 212 632 17 11,763 2,916
Greece 2,245 116 577 1,552 61 215 11 54,344 5,214
Hungary 2,098 114 213 14 287 1,598 82 217 22 50,052 5,181
Kuwait 1,995 9 367 1,619 39 467 2
Kazakhstan 1,967 115 19 452 1,496 22 105 1 126,727 6,749
Bahrain 1,907 7 769 1,131 2 1,121 4 89,225 52,437
Croatia 1,881 47 771 1,063 18 458 11 26,610 6,482
Iceland 1,773 10 1,362 401 4 5,196 29 43,143 126,429
Uzbekistan 1,657 30 5 261 1,391 8 50 0.1 136,000 4,063
Iraq 1,574 82 1,043 449 39 2 59,055 1,468
Estonia 1,535 40 165 1,330 9 1,157 30 40,930 30,855
Oman 1,508 98 8 1 238 1,262 3 295 2
New Zealand 1,445 5 13 1 1,006 426 3 300 3 89,508 18,562
Azerbaijan 1,436 19 791 626 16 142 2 95,747 9,443
Armenia 1,401 62 24 2 609 768 30 473 8 13,929 4,701
Lithuania 1,350 24 37 298 1,015 17 496 14 70,753 25,990
Slovenia 1,335 77 193 1,065 26 642 37 41,802 20,107
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,309 49 381 879 4 399 15 18,538 5,650
North Macedonia 1,225 54 200 971 9 588 26 11,870 5,697
Slovakia 1,173 13 251 909 8 215 2 46,734 8,560
Cameroon 1,163 42 305 816 33 44 2
Cuba 1,087 36 285 766 9 96 3 28,598 2,525
Ghana 1,042 9 99 934 4 34 0.3 68,591 2,207
Afghanistan 1,026 36 135 855 7 26 0.9 6,422 165
Hong Kong 1,026 4 630 392 8 137 0.5 131,786 17,579
Bulgaria 966 37 45 2 170 751 34 139 6 26,417 3,802
Tunisia 884 38 148 698 34 75 3 17,287 1,463
Ivory Coast 879 10 287 582 33 0.4
Djibouti 846 2 102 742 856 2 8,144 8,243
Cyprus 772 12 81 679 15 639 10 34,087 28,233
Latvia 748 9 5 88 655 3 397 3 37,972 20,132
Andorra 717 37 248 432 17 9,280 479 1,673 21,653
Diamond Princess 712 13 644 55 7
Lebanon 677 21 103 553 27 99 3 20,929 3,066
Nigeria 665 22 188 455 2 3 0.1 7,153 35
Costa Rica 662 6 124 532 8 130 1 10,879 2,136
Niger 655 7 20 124 511 27 0.8 4,715 195
Guinea 622 5 122 495 47 0.4
Bolivia 598 34 34 1 37 527 3 51 3 3,569 306
Kyrgyzstan 590 22 7 216 367 5 90 1 26,147 4,008
Albania 584 26 327 231 5 203 9 5,775 2,007
Burkina Faso 581 38 357 186 28 2
Uruguay 535 11 1 313 211 13 154 3 13,396 3,856
Honduras 494 17 46 29 419 10 50 5 2,535 256
Channel Islands 488 24 73 391 2,807 138 3,320 19,095
San Marino 462 39 61 362 4 13,616 1,149 1,726 50,868
Palestine 449 3 71 375 88 0.6 17,329 3,397
Malta 431 3 126 302 2 976 7 24,919 56,436
Jordan 425 7 282 136 5 42 0.7 33,000 3,234
Taiwan 425 3 6 217 202 18 0.3 55,476 2,329
Georgia 408 6 4 95 309 6 102 1 7,611 1,908
Réunion 408 238 170 2 456
Senegal 377 5 235 137 1 23 0.3
DRC 350 18 25 35 290 4 0.3
Mauritius 328 9 224 95 3 258 7 9,755 7,670
Montenegro 313 1 5 90 218 7 498 8 3,874 6,168
Sri Lanka 309 5 7 98 204 1 14 0.3 6,463 302
Isle of Man 300 9 200 91 15 3,528 106 2,509 29,506
Guatemala 294 5 7 24 263 3 16 0.4 7,200 402
Venezuela 285 10 117 158 4 10 0.4 347,236 12,211
Mayotte 284 13 4 117 163 4 1,041 15 2,000 7,331
Kenya 281 14 69 198 2 5 0.3 13,872 258
Vietnam 268 216 52 8 3 206,253 2,119
Tanzania 254 10 11 233 4 4 0.2
Mali 246 14 56 176 12 0.7
Somalia 237 8 4 225 2 15 0.5
El Salvador 225 7 7 48 170 2 35 1 13,352 2,059
Jamaica 223 6 1 27 190 75 2 1,889 638
Paraguay 208 8 53 147 1 29 1 5,501 771
Faeroe Islands 185 178 7 3,786 6,171 126,292
Martinique 163 14 2 73 76 11 434 37
Congo 160 6 16 138 29 1
Guadeloupe 148 8 73 67 13 370 20
Rwanda 147 80 67 11 6,959 537
Brunei 138 1 116 21 2 315 2 11,633 26,591
Gibraltar 132 120 12 1 3,918 1,912 56,751
Cambodia 122 110 12 1 7 5,768 345
Madagascar 121 41 80 1 4 2,357 85
Gabon 120 1 7 112 2 54 0.4 572 257
Myanmar 119 5 7 107 2 0.09 4,692 86
Trinidad and Tobago 114 8 26 80 81 6 1,380 986
Ethiopia 111 3 16 92 1 1 0.03 7,953 69
Sudan 107 12 8 87 2 0.3
Liberia 99 8 7 84 20 2
Aruba 97 2 51 44 4 909 19 1,445 13,534
French Guiana 97 1 76 20 1 325 3
Monaco 94 3 23 68 3 2,395 76
Bermuda 86 5 37 44 10 1,381 80 651 10,453
Togo 84 6 53 25 10 0.7 4,381 529
Maldives 82 13 16 66 1 152 4,139 7,657
Liechtenstein 81 1 55 25 2,124 26 900 23,605
Equatorial Guinea 79 7 72 56 854 609
Barbados 75 5 23 47 4 261 17 1,063 3,699
Sint Maarten 67 10 12 45 6 1,563 233 163 3,802
Cabo Verde 67 1 1 65 121 2
Guyana 66 1 7 9 50 5 84 9 328 417
Cayman Islands 66 1 7 58 3 1,004 15 778 11,838
Zambia 65 3 35 27 1 4 0.2 2,586 141
Bahamas 60 9 11 40 1 153 23
Haiti 57 3 54 5 0.3 618 54
French Polynesia 56 19 37 1 199 1,515 5,393
Uganda 56 38 18 1 13,742 300
Benin 54 1 27 26 4 0.08
Libya 51 1 15 35 7 0.1 808 118
Guinea-Bissau 50 3 47 25 1,500 762
Macao 45 24 21 1 69
Sierra Leone 43 6 37 5
Syria 39 3 5 31 2 0.2
Eritrea 39 3 36 11
Mozambique 39 8 31 1 1,110 36
Saint Martin 37 2 19 16 5 957 52
Mongolia 34 1 8 26 10 6,800 2,074
Chad 33 8 25 2
Nepal 31 4 27 1 29,567 1,015
Zimbabwe 25 3 2 20 2 0.2 3,308 223
Angola 24 2 6 16 0.7 0.06
Eswatini 24 1 8 15 21 0.9 714 615
Antigua and Barbuda 23 3 3 17 1 235 31 73 745
Timor-Leste 22 1 21 17 322 244
Botswana 20 1 19 9 0.4 4,432 1,885
Laos 19 2 17 3 1,349 185
Belize 18 2 2 14 1 45 5 651 1,637
Fiji 18 3 15 20
New Caledonia 18 15 3 1 63 3,451 12,088
Malawi 17 2 3 12 1 0.9 0.1 429 22
Dominica 16 8 8 222 345 4,793
Namibia 16 6 10 6 524 206
Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 15 282 247 4,643
Saint Lucia 15 13 2 82 364 1,982
Curaçao 14 1 11 2 85 6 286 1,743
Grenada 14 6 8 4 124 92 818
CAR 12 4 8 2
St. Vincent Grenadines 12 1 11 108 94 847
Turks and Caicos 11 1 10 284 26 83 2,144
Falkland Islands 11 3 8 3,161 319 91,667
Greenland 11 11 0 194 1,101 19,394
Montserrat 11 2 9 1 2,204 36 7,212
Seychelles 11 5 6 112
Nicaragua 10 2 6 2 2 0.3
Gambia 10 1 2 7 4 0.4 316 131
Suriname 10 1 6 3 17 2
MS Zaandam 9 2 7
Vatican City 9 2 7 11,236
Mauritania 7 1 6 0 2 0.2 913 196
Papua New Guinea 7 7 0.8 604 68
Bhutan 6 1 2 4 8 8,765 11,359
St. Barth 6 5 1 607
Western Sahara 6 6 10
British Virgin Islands 5 1 3 1 165 33
Burundi 5 1 4 0 0.4 0.08 80 7
Caribbean Netherlands 5 5 191 110 4,195
Sao Tome and Principe 4 4 18 19 87
South Sudan 4 4 0.4
Anguilla 3 1 2 200
Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 173
Yemen 1 1 0.03
Total: 2,484,314 3,811 170,501 104 652,761 1,661,052 57,336 318.7 21.9