
Biggest developments in the global COVID19 outbreak US Blame China and Italy for most cases US has now overtaken China and Italy to have the most confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the world. The US has 82,404, with China’s total now 81,782. Italy is third with 80,589. Global job losses could far exceed estimate of 25 million – UN Global job losses from the coronavirus crisis could far exceed the 25 million estimated just days ago, UN officials said on Thursday, as US jobless claims surged to record levels. The International Labour Organization, a UN agency, estimated a week ago that the figure would rise by between 5.3 million and 24.7 million. UK records biggest daily rise in deaths The number of people who have died from coronavirus in UK hospitals has risen by 115 in a single day to 578, as of 5pm on Thursday. It is the biggest daily rise in deaths across the country since the outbreak began. As of 9am on Thursday, 11,658 out of 104,866 people who have ...