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Following “STAY AT HOME, SAVE LIVES, PROTECT THE NHS”, Britons are now being told to “STAY ALERT, CONTROL THE VIRUS, SAVE LIVES”.

JK Rowling, Hary Potter author Tweeted  “ Is coronavirus sneaking around in a fake mustache and glasses? If we drop our guard, it will slip us a Micky Finn? What the hell is “Stay Alert” supposed to mean”

Several motorists who have been caught making non-essential journeys in the country, as the police have issued scores of fines since the lockdown began and some of the reasons for breaking the rules have been especially egregious. Cumbria is an idyllic part of the world – a popular choice for day-trippers when the weather is warm.

One driver was stopped as he attempted to drive from Manchester to Dundee to buy a puppy. Yet another driver travelled from London to Manchester to buy an Audi and then decided to travel to Carlisle so he could treat himself to some speakers he had seen on eBay.

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 4,101,974 3,686 280,451 227 1,441,866 2,379,657 47,668 526 36    
USA 1,347,309 80,037 238,078 1,029,194 16,816 4,070 242 8,918,263 26,943
Spain 262,783 26,478 173,157 63,148 1,741 5,620 566 2,467,761 52,781
Italy 218,268 30,395 103,031 84,842 1,034 3,610 503 2,514,234 41,584
UK 215,260   31,587   N/A 183,329 1,559 3,171 465 1,728,443 25,461
Russia 198,676 1,827 31,916 164,933 2,300 1,361 13 5,221,964 35,783
France 176,658 26,310 56,038 94,310 2,812 2,706 403 1,384,633 21,213
Germany 171,324 7,549 143,300 20,475 1,650 2,045 90 2,755,770 32,891
Brazil 156,061 10,656 61,685 83,720 8,318 734 50 339,552 1,597
Turkey 137,115 3,739 89,480 43,896 1,168 1,626 44 1,334,411 15,822
Iran 106,220 6,589 85,064 14,567 2,696 1,265 78 573,220 6,825
China 82,901 14 4,633 78,120 148 13 58 3
Canada 67,702 4,693 31,249 31,760 502 1,794 124 1,068,000 28,297
Peru 65,015 1,814 20,246 42,955 748 1,972 55 494,250 14,990
India 62,939 131 2,109 8 19,358 41,472 46 2 1,609,037 1,166
Belgium 52,596 8,581 13,411 30,604 502 4,538 740 540,643 46,649
Netherlands 42,382 5,422 N/A 36,710 541 2,473 316 249,655 14,570
Saudi Arabia 37,136 239 10,144 26,753 140 1,067 7 433,500 12,452
Mexico 33,460 1,938 3,353 193 21,824 8,283 378 260 26 128,148 994
Switzerland 30,251 1,830 26,400 2,021 101 3,495 211 306,223 35,383
Pakistan 29,465 729 639 3 8,023 20,803 111 133 3 283,517 1,284
Ecuador 29,071 1,717 3,433 23,921 181 1,648 97 83,657 4,742
Portugal 27,406 1,126 2,499 23,781 120 2,688 110 517,660 50,767
Chile 27,219 304 12,667 14,248 544 1,424 16 267,904 14,015
Sweden 25,921 3,220 4,971 17,730 425 2,567 319 148,500 14,704
Ireland 22,760 1,446 17,110 4,204 72 4,609 293 214,761 43,493
Singapore 22,460 20 2,296 20,144 23 3,839 3 175,604 30,016
Belarus 22,052 126 6,050 15,876 92 2,334 13 251,771 26,644
Qatar 21,331 13 2,449 18,869 72 7,404 5 124,554 43,232
UAE 17,417 185 4,295 12,937 1 1,761 19 1,200,000 121,330
Israel 16,454 247 11,376 4,831 78 1,901 29 451,028 52,109
Austria 15,833 615 13,928 1,290 79 1,758 68 311,690 34,608
Japan 15,663 607 5,906 9,150 287 124 5 211,997 1,676
Poland 15,651 785 5,437 9,429 160 414 21 460,686 12,172
Romania 15,131 939 6,912 7,280 245 787 49 248,056 12,894
Ukraine 14,710 376 2,909 11,425 190 336 9 167,107 3,821
Bangladesh 13,770 214 2,414 11,142 1 84 1 116,919 710
Indonesia 13,645 959 2,607 10,079 50 4 150,887 552
S. Korea 10,874 34 256 9,610 1,008 55 212 5 663,886 12,949
Philippines 10,610 704 1,842 8,064 31 97 6 157,730 1,439
Colombia 10,495 445 2,569 7,481 130 206 9 144,912 2,848
Denmark 10,319 526 8,093 1,700 39 1,782 91 308,984 53,345
Serbia 10,032 213 2,732 7,087 43 1,148 24 134,533 15,397
Dominican Republic 9,882 385 2,584 6,913 134 911 35 40,591 3,742
South Africa 9,420 186 3,983 5,251 77 159 3 324,079 5,464
Egypt 8,964 514 2,002 6,448 41 88 5 90,000 879
Panama 8,282 212 237 6 4,501 3,544 85 1,919 55 40,356 9,353
Norway 8,099 219 32 7,848 24 1,494 40 195,921 36,140
Czechia 8,095 276 4,447 3,372 47 756 26 298,649 27,888
Kuwait 7,623 49 2,622 4,952 95 1,785 11 196,397 45,988
Australia 6,939 10 97 6,141 701 17 272 4 809,616 31,750
Malaysia 6,589 108 4,929 1,552 18 204 3 245,102 7,573
Morocco 5,910 186 2,461 3,263 1 160 5 63,059 1,708
Finland 5,880 265 4,000 1,615 45 1,061 48 119,100 21,495
Argentina 5,776 300 1,728 3,748 148 128 7 80,729 1,786
Algeria 5,558 494 2,546 2,518 22 127 11 6,500 148
Kazakhstan 4,975 31 1,776 3,168 31 265 2 398,411 21,218
Moldova 4,867 161 1,925 2,781 237 1,207 40 20,447 5,069
Bahrain 4,774 8 2,055 2,711 2 2,806 5 178,353 104,816
Ghana 4,263 22 378 3,863 5 137 0.7 155,201 4,995
Nigeria 4,151 128 745 3,278 4 20 0.6 23,835 116
Afghanistan 4,033 115 502 3,416 7 104 3 15,560 400
Luxembourg 3,877 101 3,550 226 15 6,194 161 54,463 87,005
Hungary 3,263 50 413 8 933 1,917 50 338 43 108,257 11,206
Oman 3,224 17 1,068 2,139 17 631 3 50,000 9,791
Armenia 3,175 44 1,267 1,864 10 1,071 15 30,397 10,258
Thailand 3,009 5 56 2,794 159 61 43 0.8 227,860 3,264
Greece 2,710 151 1,374 1,185 28 260 14 97,384 9,343
Iraq 2,679 107 1,702 870 67 3 124,920 3,106
Bolivia 2,437 171 114 8 258 2,065 3 209 10 7,651 655
Azerbaijan 2,422 31 1,620 771 29 239 3 188,950 18,636
Uzbekistan 2,387 38 10 1,846 531 8 71 0.3 325,000 9,710
Cameroon 2,274 108 1,232 934 12 86 4
Croatia 2,176 87 1,726 363 13 530 21 44,218 10,771
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,090 102 1,059 929 4 637 31 39,989 12,189
Guinea 2,042 11 698 1,333 155 0.8
Bulgaria 1,955 34 90 444 1,421 65 281 13 57,231 8,237
Honduras 1,830 59 108 1 195 1,527 10 185 11 5,653 571
Iceland 1,801 10 1,773 18 5,278 29 53,260 156,076
Cuba 1,754 74 1,140 540 8 155 7 63,560 5,612
Estonia 1,733 60 747 926 5 1,306 45 62,720 47,281
Ivory Coast 1,667 21 769 877 63 0.8 12,312 467
Senegal 1,634 17 643 974 6 98 1 18,969 1,133
North Macedonia 1,622 91 1,112 419 21 779 44 18,821 9,034
New Zealand 1,494 2 21 1,371 102 2 310 4 190,326 39,468
Slovakia 1,455 26 919 510 5 267 5 118,371 21,681
Slovenia 1,454 101 255 1,098 10 699 49 62,203 29,921
Lithuania 1,444 49 828 567 17 530 18 180,332 66,243
Djibouti 1,189 3 834 352 1,203 3 15,056 15,239
Sudan 1,164 64 119 981 27 1
Hong Kong 1,045 4 967 74 1 139 0.5 168,291 22,448
Tunisia 1,032 45 660 327 19 87 4 29,297 2,479
Kyrgyzstan 1,002 71 12 675 315 13 154 2 59,490 9,118
Somalia 997 48 110 839 2 63 3
Mayotte 988 11 492 485 7 3,622 40 4,000 14,662
Guatemala 967 67 24 104 839 5 54 1 7,200 402
DRC 937 39 130 768 10 0.4
Latvia 930 18 464 448 2 493 10 75,571 40,065
Cyprus 892 15 401 476 10 739 12 74,746 61,909
El Salvador 889 105 17 293 579 4 137 3 41,090 6,335
Albania 856 31 627 198 7 297 11 10,268 3,568
Sri Lanka 847 9 260 578 1 40 0.4 35,323 1,650
Niger 815 45 617 153 34 2 5,515 228
Lebanon 809 26 234 549 4 119 4 49,990 7,324
Maldives 790 3 29 758 2 1,461 6 11,775 21,784
Costa Rica 780 6 480 294 6 153 1 16,517 3,242
Andorra 754 48 545 161 14 9,759 621 1,673 21,653
Burkina Faso 748 48 569 131 36 2
Diamond Princess 712 13 645 54 4
Uruguay 702 18 513 171 8 202 5 27,461 7,905
Mali 692 37 298 357 34 2 2,172 107
Paraguay 689 10 155 524 9 97 1 14,646 2,053
Gabon 661 8 110 543 1 297 4 724 325
Kenya 649 30 207 412 1 12 0.6 31,041 577
Guinea-Bissau 641 3 25 613 326 2 1,500 762
San Marino 637 41 126 470 3 18,773 1,208 2,956 87,118
Georgia 626 10 297 319 6 157 3 27,846 6,980
Tajikistan 612 20 592 64 2
Channel Islands 545 41 447 57 3,135 236 5,342 30,725
Jordan 522 9 387 126 5 51 0.9 111,285 10,907
Tanzania 509 21 183 305 7 9 0.4
Jamaica 498 8 9 78 411 168 3 6,889 2,326
Malta 490 5 427 58 1,110 11 40,493 91,708
Taiwan 440 6 361 73 18 0.3 66,861 2,807
Equatorial Guinea 439 4 13 422 313 3 854 609
Réunion 431 354 77 5 481 17,200 19,211
Venezuela 402 10 190 202 1 14 0.4 512,181 18,012
Palestine 375 2 228 145 74 0.4 34,511 6,765
Mauritius 332 10 320 2 3 261 8 69,773 54,863
Isle of Man 329 23 271 35 19 3,869 270 3,625 42,631
Montenegro 324 8 274 42 2 516 13 7,816 12,445
Chad 322 31 53 238 20 2
Sierra Leone 291 18 58 215 36 2
Vietnam 288 241 47 8 3 261,004 2,681
Benin 284 2 62 220 23 0.2 19,474 1,606
Rwanda 280 140 140 22 41,385 3,195
Congo 274 10 33 231 50 2
Zambia 252 7 112 133 1 14 0.4 10,270 559
Cabo Verde 236 2 56 178 424 4 791 1,423
Ethiopia 210 5 97 108 1 2 0.04 32,689 284
Sao Tome and Principe 208 5 4 199 949 23 175 799
Liberia 199 20 79 100 39 4
Madagascar 193 101 92 1 7 3,968 143
Faeroe Islands 187 187 0 3,827 8,403 171,971
Martinique 186 14 83 89 3 496 37
Myanmar 178 6 68 104 3 0.1 10,848 199
Eswatini 163 2 14 147 140 2 714 615
Guadeloupe 154 13 104 37 4 385 32
Togo 153 10 87 56 18 1 10,094 1,219
Haiti 151 12 17 122 13 1 1,160 102
Gibraltar 146 142 4 4,334 3,366 99,908
French Guiana 144 3 1 122 21 482 3
CAR 143 10 133 30 3,498 724
Brunei 141 1 132 8 2 322 2 15,482 35,389
Cambodia 122 120 2 1 7 13,448 804
South Sudan 120 2 118 11 1,247 111
Bermuda 118 7 64 47 4 1,895 112 4,020 64,549
Trinidad and Tobago 116 8 104 4 83 6 2,301 1,644
Uganda 116 55 61 3 56,767 1,241
Nepal 110 1 31 79 4 72,239 2,479
Aruba 101 3 89 9 4 946 28 1,860 17,421
Guyana 97 3 10 35 52 5 123 13 852 1,083
Monaco 96 4 82 10 1 2,446 102
Bahamas 92 11 37 44 1 234 28 1,500 3,814
Mozambique 87 34 53 3 3,356 107
Barbados 84 7 57 20 4 292 24 2,926 10,182
Liechtenstein 82 1 55 26 2,151 26 900 23,605
Cayman Islands 81 1 41 39 3 1,232 15 3,423 52,083
Sint Maarten 76 15 46 15 7 1,773 350 329 7,673
Libya 64 3 24 37 9 0.4 3,093 450
French Polynesia 60 56 4 1 214 2,950 10,502
Malawi 56 3 14 39 1 3 0.2 1,188 62
Syria 47 3 29 15 3 0.2
Macao 45 40 5 1 69
Angola 43 2 13 28 1 0.06 3,000 91
Mongolia 42 14 28 13 9,600 2,928
Saint Martin 39 3 30 6 1 1,009 78
Eritrea 39 37 2 11
Zimbabwe 36 1 4 9 23 2 0.3 20,537 1,382
Yemen 34 7 1 26 1 0.2 120 4
Antigua and Barbuda 25 3 19 3 1 255 31 183 1,869
Timor-Leste 24 21 3 18 738 560
Botswana 23 1 12 10 10 0.4 9,540 4,057
Grenada 21 13 8 4 187 1,406 12,495
Gambia 20 1 9 10 8 0.4 849 351
Laos 19 13 6 3 2,908 400
Belize 18 2 16 0 45 5 1,043 2,623
Fiji 18 14 4 20 1,300 1,450
New Caledonia 18 18 0 63 5,213 18,259
Saint Lucia 18 17 1 98 620 3,376
St. Vincent Grenadines 17 9 8 153 137 1,235
Nicaragua 16 5 7 4 2 0.8
Curaçao 16 1 14 1 98 6 389 2,371
Dominica 16 14 2 222 416 5,779
Namibia 16 10 6 6 1,511 595
Burundi 15 1 7 7 1 0.08 284 24
Saint Kitts and Nevis 15 14 1 282 327 6,147
Falkland Islands 13 13 0 3,736 402 115,517
Turks and Caicos 12 1 8 3 310 26 109 2,815
Vatican City 12 2 10 14,981
Comoros 11 1 10 13 1
Montserrat 11 1 8 2 1 2,204 200 36 7,212
Greenland 11 11 0 194 1,394 24,555
Seychelles 11 8 3 112
Suriname 10 1 9 0 17 2 404 689
MS Zaandam 9 2 7
Mauritania 8 1 6 1 2 0.2 1,842 396
Papua New Guinea 8 8 0 0.9 2,402 268
British Virgin Islands 7 1 4 2 232 33 167 5,524
Bhutan 7 5 2 9 11,655 15,105
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
Saint Pierre Miquelon 1 1 173
Total: 4,101,974 3,686 280,451 227 1,441,866 2,379,657 47,668 526.2 36