Covid-19

Coronavirus: 3.5 m infected and 250, 000 dead worldwide

Covid-19
Covid-19

Protective screens and reduced hot-desking alternatives to social distancing where it is not possible are among measures being considered to let workplaces reopen. Reopening the economy will take more than modified working practices. Workers must be confident they are safe. Companies must be confident they won’t be sued if they get it wrong. And consumers must be confident enough to spend money. The government’s repetitive message to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives has been largely effective. Many companies have been shut since widespread limits on everyday life were imposed on 23rd March, in a bid to limit the effects of the virus’s spread on the NHS. Most companies have introduced physical markers to keep staff 2m apart, take worker’s temperatures when they arrive, and issue them with masks and visors on the factory floor. Workers are given extra £1 an hour as a social distancing bonus for sticking to the rules and the company has hired more staff, segregated shifts, and staggered breaks.

Businesses including sole traders and limited companies are able to apply for “bounce-back” loans of £2, 000 to £50, 000,  negatively impacted by a coronavirus, 100 per cent guaranteed by the government. The government will pay any fees or interest for the first 12 months, with loans moving onto low interest rates (2.5%) for the remainder of the repayment term. The loans are 100 per cent guaranteed by the government and lenders are not allowed to take personal guarantees or take recovery action over any business borrowers’ personal assets ( such as their main home or personal vehicle).

UK to test contact tracing app on Isle of Wight from Tuesday designed to better target coronavirus. The European Commission launches a global effort to fund research on a vaccine and other tools to combat the coronavirus..

Italy is the first country in the world to order a nationwide lockdown is easing some restrictions.

Global confirmed cases exceed 3.5m and  the number of deaths 250, 000.

Contact tracing is a method used to slow down the spread of infectious outbreaks, which is commonly used in sexual health, when infected patients are told to contact anyone with whom they have been intimate.

In the coronavirus pandemic, it means tracking down anyone sufferers have been in prolonged contact with, to potentially ask them to self-isolate,  often done through phone calls to the friends and family of coronavirus sufferers, complemented by an automated location-tracking mobile app.

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 3,603,414 39,725 250,044 1,898 1,169,191 2,184,179 49,927 462 32.1  
USA 1,194,434 6,312 69,008 410 178,934 946,492 16,139 3,609 208 7,249,126 21,901
Spain 248,301 1,179 25,428 164 151,633 71,240 2,254 5,311 544 1,932,455 41,332
Italy 211,938 1,221 29,079 195 82,879 99,980 1,479 3,505 481 2,191,403 36,244
UK 190,584 3,985 28,734 288 N/A 161,506 1,559 2,807 423 1,206,405 17,771
France 168,693 24,895 50,784 93,014 3,819 2,584 381 1,100,228 16,856
Germany 165,745 81 6,866 132,700 26,179 1,979 1,978 82 2,547,052 30,400
Russia 145,268 10,581 1,356 76 18,095 125,817 2,300 995 9 4,300,000 29,465
Turkey 126,045 3,397 63,151 59,497 1,424 1,495 40 1,135,367 13,462
Brazil 101,826 679 7,051 26 42,991 51,784 8,318 479 33 339,552 1,597
Iran 98,647 1,223 6,277 74 79,379 12,991 2,676 1,174 75 508,288 6,052
China 82,880 3 4,633 77,766 481 33 58 3
Canada 59,858 384 3,767 85 25,422 30,669 557 1,586 100 897,444 23,778
Belgium 50,267 361 7,924 80 12,378 29,965 655 4,337 684 440,700 38,025
Peru 45,928 1,286 13,550 31,092 679 1,393 39 375,096 11,376
India 42,836 331 1,395 4 11,782 29,659 31 1 1,107,233 802
Netherlands 40,770 199 5,082 26 N/A 35,438 683 2,379 297 235,909 13,768
Switzerland 29,981 76 1,779 17 24,500 3,702 141 3,464 206 282,750 32,670
Ecuador 29,538 1,564 3,300 24,674 149 1,674 89 78,659 4,458
Saudi Arabia 28,656 1,645 191 7 4,476 23,989 139 823 5 364,561 10,472
Portugal 25,524 242 1,063 20 1,712 22,749 143 2,503 104 450,000 44,132
Mexico 23,471 1,383 2,154 93 13,447 7,870 378 182 17 93,791 727
Sweden 22,721 404 2,769 90 1,005 18,947 455 2,250 274 119,500 11,833
Ireland 21,506 1,303 13,386 6,817 98 4,355 264 169,377 34,302
Pakistan 20,884 800 476 19 5,635 14,773 111 95 2 212,511 962
Chile 20,643 980 270 10 10,415 9,958 464 1,080 14 214,131 11,202
Singapore 18,778 573 18 1,457 17,303 22 3,210 3 143,919 24,600
Belarus 17,489 784 103 4 3,259 14,127 92 1,851 11 211,369 22,369
Israel 16,237 29 234 2 9,858 6,145 93 1,876 27 404,285 46,708
Qatar 16,191 640 12 1,810 14,369 72 5,620 4 106,795 37,068
Austria 15,621 24 600 2 13,316 1,705 111 1,734 67 279,071 30,986
Japan 14,877 487 3,981 10,409 321 118 4 183,251 1,449
UAE 14,163 126 2,763 11,274 1 1,432 13 1,200,000 121,330
Poland 14,006 313 698 20 4,095 9,213 160 370 18 383,804 10,141
Romania 13,512 349 803 13 5,269 7,440 243 702 42 199,068 10,348
Ukraine 12,331 418 303 15 1,619 10,409 160 282 7 134,592 3,078
Indonesia 11,587 395 864 19 1,954 8,769 42 3 116,861 427
S. Korea 10,801 8 252 2 9,217 1,332 55 211 5 633,921 12,365
Bangladesh 10,143 688 182 5 1,209 8,752 1 62 1 87,694 532
Denmark 9,670 147 493 9 7,088 2,089 57 1,669 85 244,791 42,262
Serbia 9,557 93 197 4 1,574 7,786 53 1,094 23 106,461 12,185
Philippines 9,485 262 623 16 1,315 7,547 31 87 6 126,164 1,151
Dominican Republic 8,235 281 346 13 1,771 6,118 144 759 32 33,377 3,077
Norway 7,884 37 214 3 32 7,638 27 1,454 39 182,285 33,624
Czechia 7,799 18 251 3 3,786 3,762 58 728 23 261,548 24,423
Colombia 7,668 340 1,722 5,606 122 151 7 118,801 2,335
Panama 7,197 107 200 3 641 6,356 91 1,668 46 34,459 7,986
Australia 6,825 24 95 5,859 871 28 268 4 650,214 25,499
South Africa 6,783 131 2,549 4,103 36 114 2 245,747 4,144
Egypt 6,465 429 1,562 4,474 63 4 90,000 879
Malaysia 6,353 55 105 4,484 1,764 28 196 3 205,598 6,352
Finland 5,327 73 240 10 3,500 1,587 49 961 43 103,500 18,680
Kuwait 5,278 295 40 2 1,947 3,291 79 1,236 9 196,397 45,988
Morocco 5,000 97 177 3 1,565 3,258 1 135 5 44,076 1,194
Argentina 4,783 246 1,354 3,183 157 106 5 65,813 1,456
Algeria 4,648 174 465 2 1,998 2,185 22 106 11 6,500 148
Moldova 4,248 127 128 3 1,423 2,697 237 1,053 32 20,447 5,069
Kazakhstan 4,028 108 27 1,134 2,867 40 215 1 306,861 16,343
Luxembourg 3,828 4 96 3,405 327 21 6,115 153 48,339 77,222
Bahrain 3,383 8 1,718 1,657 1 1,988 5 144,155 84,719
Hungary 3,035 37 351 11 630 2,054 55 314 36 83,958 8,691
Thailand 2,987 18 54 2,740 193 61 43 0.8 227,860 3,264
Afghanistan 2,894 190 90 5 397 2,407 7 74 2 11,068 284
Oman 2,637 69 12 816 1,809 17 516 2 40,459 7,923
Greece 2,632 6 146 2 1,374 1,112 35 253 14 80,591 7,732
Nigeria 2,558 87 400 2,071 4 12 0.4 18,536 90
Armenia 2,507 121 39 4 1,071 1,397 10 846 13 24,942 8,417
Iraq 2,296 97 1,490 709 57 2 103,262 2,567
Uzbekistan 2,181 32 10 1,405 766 8 65 0.3 325,000 9,710
Ghana 2,169 18 229 1,922 4 70 0.6 117,049 3,767
Croatia 2,101 5 80 1 1,522 499 15 512 19 39,040 9,510
Cameroon 2,077 64 953 1,060 12 78 2
Azerbaijan 1,984 52 26 1 1,480 478 18 196 3 157,932 15,576
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,926 69 78 1 855 993 4 587 24 34,378 10,478
Iceland 1,799 10 1,717 72 5,272 29 50,406 147,713
Estonia 1,703 3 55 259 1,389 6 1,284 41 55,784 42,052
Cuba 1,668 19 69 2 876 723 9 147 6 55,542 4,904
Bulgaria 1,652 34 78 5 321 1,253 40 238 11 49,145 7,073
Bolivia 1,594 124 76 5 166 1,352 3 137 7 7,651 655
Guinea 1,586 7 405 1,174 121 0.5
North Macedonia 1,518 7 85 1 992 441 21 729 41 17,359 8,332
New Zealand 1,487 20 1,276 191 308 4 152,696 31,665
Slovenia 1,439 97 1 241 1,101 20 692 47 57,504 27,660
Lithuania 1,419 9 46 638 735 17 521 17 144,029 52,907
Slovakia 1,413 5 25 1 643 745 7 259 5 97,804 17,914
Ivory Coast 1,398 17 653 728 53 0.6 10,778 409
Senegal 1,271 89 10 1 415 846 4 76 0.6 17,787 1,062
Djibouti 1,116 4 2 713 401 1,130 2 14,222 14,395
Honduras 1,055 45 82 6 118 855 10 107 8 4,810 486
Hong Kong 1,041 1 4 900 137 1 139 0.5 154,989 20,674
Tunisia 1,013 42 328 643 25 86 4 24,406 2,065
Latvia 896 17 16 348 532 4 475 8 65,464 34,707
Cyprus 874 2 15 296 563 15 724 12 62,267 51,573
Kyrgyzstan 830 35 10 575 245 13 127 2 56,488 8,658
Albania 803 8 31 543 229 7 279 11 9,006 3,129
Somalia 756 34 35 3 61 660 2 48 2
Niger 750 36 518 196 31 1 5,309 219
Andorra 748 45 493 210 17 9,681 582 1,673 21,653
Lebanon 740 3 25 200 515 43 108 4 41,014 6,009
Costa Rica 739 6 386 347 6 145 1 13,851 2,719
Sri Lanka 721 3 8 1 194 519 1 34 0.4 26,842 1,254
Diamond Princess 712 13 645 54 4
Guatemala 703 15 17 72 614 5 39 0.9 7,200 402
Mayotte 686 36 6 352 328 6 2,515 22 3,400 12,463
DRC 682 8 34 1 80 568 8 0.4
Sudan 678 86 41 61 576 15 0.9
Burkina Faso 662 45 540 77 32 2
Uruguay 655 17 442 196 10 189 5 21,939 6,316
Georgia 593 4 9 223 361 6 149 2 15,904 3,987
San Marino 582 41 86 455 5 17,152 1,208 2,457 72,412
Mali 580 17 29 2 223 328 29 1 2,172 107
El Salvador 555 65 12 1 180 363 3 86 2 30,387 4,685
Channel Islands 544 41 406 97 3,129 236 5,342 30,725
Maldives 527 1 18 508 2 975 2 8,327 15,405
Kenya 490 25 24 173 293 2 9 0.4 24,784 461
Tanzania 480 16 167 297 7 8 0.3
Malta 480 3 4 399 77 1 1,087 9 36,204 81,994
Jamaica 469 6 9 1 38 422 2 158 3 5,633 1,902
Jordan 465 4 9 370 86 5 46 0.9 87,618 8,587
Taiwan 438 6 6 334 98 18 0.3 64,436 2,705
Réunion 424 1 300 124 2 474
Paraguay 396 26 10 126 260 7 56 1 10,766 1,509
Venezuela 357 10 158 189 1 13 0.4 482,953 16,984
Palestine 354 1 2 102 250 69 0.4 32,200 6,312
Gabon 335 5 85 245 1 151 2 724 325
Mauritius 332 10 316 6 3 261 8 18,398 14,466
Montenegro 323 1 8 253 62 2 514 13 7,816 12,445
Isle of Man 321 22 271 28 21 3,775 259 3,339 39,267
Equatorial Guinea 315 1 13 301 225 0.7 854 609
Vietnam 271 219 52 8 3 261,004 2,681
Rwanda 259 124 135 20 34,350 2,652
Guinea-Bissau 257 1 19 237 131 0.5 1,500 762
Tajikistan 230 102 3 1 227 24 0.3
Congo 229 9 25 195 41 2
Faeroe Islands 187 185 2 3,827 8,066 165,074
Martinique 179 14 83 82 5 477 37
Sierra Leone 178 12 9 1 37 132 22 1
Cabo Verde 175 10 2 37 136 315 4 791 1,423
Liberia 166 8 18 58 90 33 4
Myanmar 161 6 6 49 106 3 0.1 9,025 166
Guadeloupe 152 12 95 45 6 380 30
Madagascar 149 99 50 1 5 3,772 136
Gibraltar 144 132 12 4,274 2,711 80,467
Ethiopia 140 5 3 75 62 1 0.03 24,088 210
Brunei 138 1 130 7 2 315 2 14,476 33,090
Zambia 137 13 3 78 56 1 7 0.2 7,277 396
French Guiana 128 1 98 29 2 429 3
Togo 126 2 9 74 43 15 1 7,891 953
Cambodia 122 120 2 1 7 12,378 740
Chad 117 10 39 68 7 0.6
Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 96 12 83 6 1,940 1,386
Bermuda 115 7 51 57 4 1,847 112 3,144 50,483
Eswatini 112 1 12 99 97 0.9 714 615
Aruba 100 2 81 17 4 937 19 1,756 16,447
Benin 96 6 2 50 44 8 0.2
Monaco 95 4 78 13 1 2,421 102
Uganda 89 55 34 2 39,232 858
Haiti 88 3 9 1 10 69 8 0.8 935 82
CAR 85 13 10 75 18 3,498 724
Bahamas 83 11 24 48 1 211 28 1,353 3,441
Guyana 82 9 22 51 2 104 11 579 736
Barbados 82 1 7 44 31 4 285 24 2,420 8,421
Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,605
Mozambique 80 19 61 3 2,466 79
Sint Maarten 76 13 44 19 7 1,773 303 329 7,673
Nepal 75 16 59 3 63,102 2,166
Cayman Islands 74 1 10 63 3 1,126 15 1,927 29,320
Libya 63 3 22 38 9 0.4 2,202 320
French Polynesia 58 51 7 1 206 2,657 9,459
South Sudan 46 46 4 1,247 111
Macao 45 39 6 1 69
Syria 44 3 27 14 3 0.2
Malawi 41 2 3 9 29 1 2 0.2 907 47
Mongolia 40 1 12 28 12 8,250 2,517
Eritrea 39 26 13 11
Saint Martin 38 3 27 8 3 983 78
Angola 35 2 11 22 1 0.06 3,000 91
Zimbabwe 34 4 5 25 2 0.3 7,642 514
Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 15 7 1 255 31 151 1,542
Timor-Leste 24 20 4 18 664 504
Botswana 23 1 8 14 10 0.4 7,675 3,264
Grenada 21 13 8 4 187 1,406 12,495
Laos 19 9 10 3 2,223 306
Belize 18 2 13 3 1 45 5 1,043 2,623
Fiji 18 14 4 20 1,007 1,123
New Caledonia 18 17 1 1 63 4,947 17,328
Saint Lucia 18 15 3 98 446 2,429
Gambia 17 1 9 7 7 0.4 401 166
St. Vincent Grenadines 17 1 9 8 153 137 1,235
Curaçao 16 1 13 2 98 6 351 2,139
Sao Tome and Principe 16 1 4 11 73 5 175 799
Dominica 16 13 3 222 383 5,320
Namibia 16 8 8 6 1,122 442
Nicaragua 15 1 5 2 7 3 2 0.8
Burundi 15 1 7 7 1 0.08 284 24
Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 8 7 282 294 5,526
Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,736 388 111,494
Yemen 12 2 2 1 9 0.4 0.07 120 4
Turks and Caicos 12 1 6 5 310 26 83 2,144
Montserrat 11 1 7 3 1 2,204 200 36 7,212
Greenland 11 11 0 194 1,294 22,794
Vatican City 11 2 9 13,733
Seychelles 11 6 5 112
Suriname 10 1 9 0 17 2 404 689
MS Zaandam 9 2 7
Mauritania 8 1 6 1 2 0.2 1,032 222
Papua New Guinea 8 6 2 0.9 2,402 268
Bhutan 7 5 2 9 10,980 14,230
British Virgin Islands 6 1 3 2 198 33
Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 229 110 4,195
St. Barth 6 6 0 607
Western Sahara 6 5 1 10
Anguilla 3 3 0 200
Comoros 3 3 3
Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 173
Total: 3,603,414 39,725 250,044 1,898 1,169,191 2,184,179 49,927 462.3 32.1