Captain Tom Moore

Coronavirus: Capt Tom awarded Knighthood

Captain Tom Moore
Captain Tom Moore

UK unemployment increased by  69 per cent, from 50, 000 to 1.35 million in three months to March as coronavirus lockdown began. The British labour market has been paralysed by the Covi-19 lockdown but the government figure showing employment at a record  high and jobless rate below 4 per cent. There is a biggest rise in unemployment claimant count  from 856, 000 to 2.1 million in April, the biggest rise since modern records began in 1971. The number of people on PAYE fell by 13, 000 in March and a further 457, 000 in April, as out o  Britain’s 27 million plus employees 5 million self-employed are not included.

The UK coronavirus death toll rises by 545 to 35, 341.

Captain Tom Moore awarded a knighthood for his NHS fundraising by completing 100 laps if his garden before his 100thbirthday in April. The Knighthood which has been approved by the Queen will be formally announced on Wednesday. Captain Tom who initially set out to raise £1, 000 for NHS charities by walking laps of the 25-meter ( 82 feet) loop in his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, eventually raised £32, 794, 701 from more than one and a half million supporters.

# Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Tests/ Population
Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests 1M pop
  World 4,990,116 7,179 324,974 420 1,961,062 2,704,080 45,434 640 41.7      
1 USA 1,570,583 93,533 361,180 1,115,870 17,249 4,748 283 12,645,473 38,229 330779957
2 Russia 299,941 2,837 76,130 220,974 2,300 2,055 19 7,352,316 50,383 145927463
3 Spain 278,803 27,778 196,958 54,067 1,152 5,963 594 3,037,840 64,977 46752753
4 Brazil 271,885 17,983 106,794 147,108 8,318 1,280 85 735,224 3,462 212385054
5 UK 248,818   35,341   N/A N/A 1,559 3,667 521 2,772,552 40,866 67845213
6 Italy 226,699 32,169 129,401 65,129 716 3,749 532 3,104,524 51,338 60471682
7 France 180,809 28,022 62,563 90,224 1,894 2,771 429 1,384,633 21,218 65257220
8 Germany 177,827 8,193 156,900 12,734 1,115 2,123 98 3,147,771 37,584 83753585
9 Turkey 151,615 4,199 112,895 34,521 882 1,800 50 1,675,517 19,892 84232553
10 Iran 124,603 7,119 97,173 20,311 2,698 1,486 85 716,176 8,540 83865579
11 India 106,886 411 3,303 1 42,309 61,274 78 2 2,512,388 1,823 1378418813
12 Peru 99,483 2,914 36,524 60,045 883 3,022 89 679,582 20,645 32917154
13 China 82,965 5 4,634 78,244 87 9 58 3 1439323776
14 Canada 79,112 5,912 40,050 33,150 502 2,098 157 1,339,971 35,540 37703672
15 Saudi Arabia 59,854 329 31,634 27,891 251 1,722 9 618,084 17,787 34748812
16 Belgium 55,791 9,108 14,687 31,996 345 4,816 786 709,818 61,276 11583877
17 Mexico 54,346 2,713 5,666 334 37,325 11,355 378 422 44 185,755 1,442 128773952
18 Chile 49,579 509 21,507 27,563 876 2,596 27 397,200 20,799 19097135
19 Pakistan 45,898 1,932 985 46 13,101 31,812 111 208 4 414,254 1,880 220368526
20 Netherlands 44,249 5,715 N/A N/A 293 2,583 334 302,395 17,652 17130596
21 Qatar 35,606 15 5,634 29,957 172 12,384 5 166,182 57,799 2875180
22 Ecuador 34,151 2,839 3,457 27,855 221 1,939 161 98,171 5,574 17610964
23 Belarus 31,508 175 10,620 20,713 92 3,334 19 375,076 39,692 9449669
24 Sweden 30,799 3,743 4,971 22,085 287 3,052 371 209,900 20,799 10092027
25 Switzerland 30,618 1,891 27,700 1,027 57 3,541 219 350,099 40,486 8647311
26 Portugal 29,432 1,247 6,431 21,754 101 2,885 122 662,375 64,939 10199983
27 Singapore 29,364 570 22 10,365 18,977 10 5,024 4 246,254 42,131 5845014
28 Bangladesh 25,121 370 4,993 19,758 1 153 2 193,645 1,177 164497521
29 UAE 25,063 227 10,791 14,045 1 2,538 23 1,600,923 162,098 9876291
30 Ireland 24,251 1,561 19,470 3,220 54 4,918 317 295,626 59,949 4931300
31 Poland 19,268 948 8,183 10,137 160 509 25 653,224 17,258 37851214
32 Ukraine 18,876 548 5,632 12,696 245 431 13 239,961 5,483 43762271
33 Indonesia 18,496 1,221 4,467 12,808 68 4 202,936 743 273184442
34 South Africa 17,200 312 7,960 8,928 119 290 5 488,609 8,251 59220176
35 Romania 17,191 1,141 4 10,166 5,884 195 893 59 322,074 16,730 19251572
36 Colombia 16,935 613 4,050 12,272 136 333 12 201,808 3,971 50819268
37 Kuwait 16,764 121 4,681 11,962 179 3,932 28 252,696 59,276 4263020
38 Israel 16,659 278 13,435 2,946 50 1,928 32 512,452 59,316 8639287
39 Japan 16,367 768 11,564 4,035 213 129 6 255,675 2,021 126519062
40 Austria 16,321 632 14,678 1,011 39 1,813 70 372,435 41,379 9000506
41 Egypt 13,484 659 3,742 9,083 41 132 6 135,000 1,322 102099285
42 Dominican Republic 13,223 441 6,613 6,169 136 1,220 41 50,108 4,625 10835186
43 Philippines 12,942 837 2,843 9,262 81 118 8 244,800 2,237 109407875
44 S. Korea 11,110 32 263 10,066 781 15 217 5 776,433 15,146 51264240
45 Denmark 11,044 551 9,416 1,077 25 1,907 95 475,096 82,056 5789887
46 Serbia 10,733 234 4,904 5,595 15 1,228 27 190,683 21,814 8741226
47 Panama 9,867 281 6,194 3,392 72 2,291 65 51,815 12,032 4306610
48 Argentina 8,809 393 2,872 5,544 154 195 9 108,634 2,406 45147454
49 Czechia 8,683 36 303 1 5,731 2,649 36 811 28 372,341 34,776 10706744
50 Norway 8,267 233 32 8,002 16 1,526 43 219,984 40,615 5416333
51 Afghanistan 7,653 178 850 6,625 19 197 5 24,697 636 38819750
52 Bahrain 7,532 12 2,952 4,568 9 4,447 7 249,411 147,247 1693829
53 Algeria 7,377 561 3,746 3,070 22 169 13 43754940
54 Australia 7,079 11 100 6,442 537 9 278 4 1,108,311 43,523 25465024
55 Morocco 7,023 193 3,901 2,929 1 191 5 100,367 2,723 36858953
56 Malaysia 6,978 114 5,646 1,218 11 216 4 462,257 14,304 32316866
57 Kazakhstan 6,969 218 35 3,598 3,336 31 372 2 571,547 30,482 18750200
58 Nigeria 6,401 192 1,734 4,475 7 31 0.9 36,899 180 205500163
59 Finland 6,399 301 5,000 1,098 25 1,155 54 152,300 27,492 5539752
60 Moldova 6,340 221 2,508 3,611 251 1,571 55 20,447 5,067 4034998
61 Ghana 6,096 31 1,773 4,292 5 197 1 180,567 5,826 30993199
62 Oman 5,671 27 1,574 4,070 31 1,114 5 61,000 11,984 5090324
63 Armenia 5,271 230 67 3 2,419 2,785 10 1,779 23 44,071 14,876 2962619
64 Bolivia 4,481 218 189 15 533 3,759 3 385 16 14,803 1,270 11654083
65 Luxembourg 3,958 109 3,718 131 10 6,335 174 63,011 100,858 624752
66 Iraq 3,611 131 2,366 1,114 90 3 149,701 3,732 40110732
67 Hungary 3,598 42 470 3 1,454 1,674 29 372 49 142,729 14,771 9663057
68 Cameroon 3,529 140 1,567 1,822 28 133 5 26463124
69 Azerbaijan 3,518 41 2,198 1,279 37 347 4 240,220 23,717 10128537
70 Thailand 3,034 1 56 2,888 90 61 43 0.8 286,008 4,099 69780195
71 Honduras 2,955 157 147 1 349 2,459 13 299 15 10,775 1,090 9885675
72 Uzbekistan 2,880 25 13 2,338 529 6 86 0.4 460,000 13,768 33411286
73 Guinea 2,863 18 1,525 1,320 18 219 1 10,304 787 13087736
74 Greece 2,840 165 1,374 1,301 22 272 16 136,001 13,041 10428608
75 Sudan 2,728 111 286 2,331 62 3 281 6 43721964
76 Senegal 2,617 30 1,133 1,454 6 157 2 24,599 1,474 16688310
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,321 134 1,522 665 4 707 41 53,988 16,445 3283031
78 Bulgaria 2,292 33 116 4 684 1,492 36 330 17 68,243 9,813 6954080
79 Croatia 2,232 96 1,967 169 10 543 23 55,800 13,583 4108012
80 Ivory Coast 2,153 28 1,050 1,075 82 1 19,174 729 26296533
81 Guatemala 2,133 132 43 5 155 1,935 5 119 2 20,820 1,165 17875264
82 Tajikistan 1,936 41 641 1,254 204 4 9511117
83 Cuba 1,887 79 1,538 270 8 167 7 85,556 7,553 11327386
84 North Macedonia 1,839 106 1,351 382 21 883 51 22,255 10,682 2083384
85 Iceland 1,802 10 1,789 3 5,285 29 57,187 167,710 340988
86 Estonia 1,791 64 938 789 4 1,350 48 70,188 52,915 1326435
87 DRC 1,731 102 61 302 1,368 19 0.7 89211817
88 Djibouti 1,618 7 1,033 578 1,641 7 18,933 19,196 986284
89 El Salvador 1,571 73 31 1 531 1,009 27 242 5 62,838 9,694 6482464
90 Lithuania 1,562 60 1,025 477 17 573 22 237,600 87,152 2726257
91 New Zealand 1,503 21 1,447 35 1 312 4 238,725 49,552 4817692
92 Somalia 1,502 59 178 1,265 2 95 4 15836937
93 Gabon 1,502 12 318 1,172 9 677 5 7,966 3,590 2219197
94 Slovakia 1,495 28 1,192 275 3 274 5 145,474 26,647 5459346
95 Slovenia 1,467 104 1,338 25 5 706 50 70,970 34,138 2078906
96 Mayotte 1,370 18 627 725 9 5,037 66 5,200 19,118 271994
97 Kyrgyzstan 1,270 27 14 910 346 5 195 2 94,441 14,504 6511224
98 Maldives 1,143 4 91 1,048 9 2,119 7 11,775 21,830 539391
99 Hong Kong 1,056 4 1,025 27 1 141 0.5 168,291 22,469 7489929
100 Tunisia 1,044 1 47 1 826 171 3 88 4 41,620 3,526 11804125
101 Guinea-Bissau 1,038 6 42 990 529 3 1,500 764 1962210
102 Sri Lanka 1,027 4 9 569 449 1 48 0.4 46,413 2,169 21403028
103 Latvia 1,016 4 21 694 301 3 538 11 92,751 49,116 1888407
104 Kenya 963 50 358 555 1 18 0.9 46,784 872 53624913
105 Lebanon 954 26 251 677 4 140 4 63,720 9,331 6828786
106 Albania 949 31 742 176 1 330 11 12,369 4,298 2878146
107 Cyprus 918 17 516 385 10 761 14 90,718 75,201 1206344
108 Niger 914 55 734 125 38 2 5,909 245 24091143
109 Mali 901 53 529 319 45 3 3,483 173 20176487
110 Costa Rica 882 10 577 295 5 173 2 20,741 4,076 5088699
111 Paraguay 829 11 230 588 116 2 21,121 2,966 7122183
112 Equatorial Guinea 825 7 22 796 591 5 854 611 1397001
113 Burkina Faso 796 51 652 93 38 2 20830672
114 Zambia 772 7 192 573 1 42 0.4 18,519 1,011 18318568
115 Andorra 761 51 628 82 3 9,851 660 3,750 48,543 77251
116 Venezuela 749 131 10 253 486 1 26 0.4 616,562 21,676 28444815
117 Uruguay 738 20 579 139 4 213 6 34,794 10,020 3472364
118 Georgia 713 6 12 475 226 6 179 3 40,711 10,203 3990014
119 Diamond Princess 712 13 651 48 4
120 San Marino 655 41 211 403 1 19,308 1,209 3,610 106,417 33923
121 Jordan 649 9 417 223 5 64 0.9 148,482 14,569 10191291
122 Haiti 596 63 22 1 21 553 52 2 2,270 199 11386106
123 Malta 569 6 460 103 1 1,289 14 53,196 120,514 441410
124 Channel Islands 555 44 479 32 3,196 253 5,342 30,758 173676
125 Chad 545 56 139 350 33 3 16365816
126 Sierra Leone 534 33 167 334 67 4 7957089
127 Jamaica 520 9 145 366 176 3 8,828 2,983 2959694
128 Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4 59517667
129 Réunion 446 354 92 4 499 17,200 19,227 894575
130 Taiwan 440 7 402 31 18 0.3 69,876 2,934 23811922
131 Congo 420 15 132 273 76 3 5501102
132 Nepal 402 2 37 363 1 14 0.07 107,253 3,689 29073225
133 Palestine 391 2 346 43 77 0.4 44,876 8,822 5086676
134 CAR 366 18 348 76 3,498 726 4819607
135 Ethiopia 365 5 120 240 3 0.04 62,300 544 114607221
136 Togo 338 12 107 219 41 1 13,825 1,675 8254589
137 Isle of Man 335 24 300 11 9 3,942 282 4,234 49,822 84982
138 Cabo Verde 335 3 85 247 603 5 892 1,606 555278
139 Mauritius 332 10 322 0 261 8 92,764 72,955 1271531
140 Madagascar 326 2 119 205 12 0.07 5,670 205 27601550
141 Montenegro 324 9 312 3 2 516 14 10,167 16,188 628057
142 Vietnam 324 263 61 2 3 275,000 2,828 97236622
143 Rwanda 308 209 99 24 52,335 4,053 12912035
144 South Sudan 290 4 4 282 26 0.4 3,356 300 11178254
145 Uganda 260 63 197 6 75,228 1,651 45554546
146 Nicaragua 254 17 199 38 38 3 6615255
147 Sao Tome and Principe 251 8 4 239 1,148 37 175 800 218664
148 Liberia 233 23 125 85 46 5 5042890
149 French Guiana 218 1 136 81 732 3 297708
150 Eswatini 208 2 87 119 180 2 4,160 3,590 1158757
151 Myanmar 193 6 104 83 4 0.1 15,137 278 54367787
152 Martinique 192 14 91 87 512 37 375297
153 Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,829 8,931 182,855 48842
154 Yemen 167 28 5 134 6 0.9 120 4 29744780
155 Guadeloupe 155 13 109 33 3 387 32 2,866 7,163 400116
156 Gibraltar 147 145 2 4,363 5,410 160,572 33692
157 Mozambique 146 44 102 5 6,537 210 31144220
158 Brunei 141 1 136 4 2 323 2 17,636 40,358 436990
159 Mongolia 140 26 114 27 43 11,641 3,558 3271940
160 Mauritania 131 4 7 120 28 0.9 2,583 557 4634257
161 Benin 130 2 83 45 11 0.2 25,471 2,108 12083204
162 Guyana 125 10 46 69 3 159 13 1,269 1,614 786119
163 Bermuda 125 9 78 38 2 2,006 144 5,705 91,569 62303
164 Cambodia 122 122 0 7 15,572 933 16691420
165 Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 107 1 83 6 2,727 1,949 1398974
166 Cayman Islands 111 1 55 55 1,691 15 7,082 107,906 65631
167 Aruba 101 3 93 5 4 946 28 2,025 18,976 106714
168 Monaco 97 4 87 6 1 2,474 102 39210
169 Bahamas 96 11 43 42 1 244 28 1,826 4,649 392805
170 Barbados 90 2 7 68 15 4 313 24 4,167 14,502 287335
171 Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,612 38116
172 Sint Maarten 77 15 54 8 7 1,798 350 414 9,669 42819
173 Malawi 70 3 27 40 1 4 0.2 1,803 95 19067788
174 Libya 68 3 35 30 10 0.4 3,633 530 6860181
175 French Polynesia 60 60 0 214 3,496 12,454 280722
176 Syria 58 3 36 19 3 0.2 17447571
177 Angola 52 3 17 32 2 0.09 6,136 187 32734590
178 Zimbabwe 46 4 18 24 3 0.3 28,019 1,888 14837082
179 Macao 45 45 0 69 648282
180 Burundi 42 1 20 21 4 0.08 284 24 11845443
181 Saint Martin 39 3 30 6 1 1,011 78 38586
182 Eritrea 39 39 0 11 3540578
183 Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 256 31 183 1,870 97835
184 Botswana 25 1 17 7 11 0.4 13,294 5,667 2345808
185 Gambia 24 1 13 10 10 0.4 1,476 613 2408042
186 Timor-Leste 24 24 0 18 738 561 1315383
187 Grenada 22 14 8 4 196 2,419 21,509 112464
188 Bhutan 21 5 16 27 14,294 18,549 770610
189 Laos 19 14 5 3 4,653 641 7262953
190 Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,043 2,629 396752
191 Fiji 18 15 3 20 1,300 1,451 895695
192 New Caledonia 18 18 0 63 5,454 19,125 285178
193 Saint Lucia 18 18 0 98 786 4,283 183531
194 St. Vincent Grenadines 17 14 3 153 155 1,398 110900
195 Curaçao 16 1 14 1 98 6 485 2,957 164017
196 Dominica 16 16 0 222 433 6,017 71966
197 Namibia 16 13 3 6 2,074 818 2535319
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 15 0 282 391 7,356 53156
199 Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,750 426 122,873 3467
200 Turks and Caicos 12 1 10 1 310 26 109 2,820 38655
201 Vatican City 12 2 10 14,981 801
202 Comoros 11 1 3 7 13 1 867319
203 Montserrat 11 1 10 0 2,204 200 36 7,212 4992
204 Suriname 11 1 9 1 19 2 404 689 586020
205 Greenland 11 11 0 194 1,767 31,132 56759
206 Seychelles 11 11 0 112 98277
207 MS Zaandam 9 2 7
208 British Virgin Islands 8 1 6 1 265 33 167 5,528 30208
209 Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 269 8926371
210 Caribbean Netherlands 6 6 0 229 357 13,629 26195
211 St. Barth 6 6 0 608 9874
212 Western Sahara 6 6 0 10 595503
213 Anguilla 3 3 0 200 14987
214 Lesotho 1 1 0.5 2140282
215 Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 0 173 5797
Total: 4,990,116 7,179 324,974 420 1,961,062 2,704,080 45,434 640.2 41.7