Coronavirus latest: at a glance

Key developments in the global coronavirus outbreak today include:

Global deaths pass 40,000

Data collected by Johns Hopkins University researchers show at least 40,636 people have died across the world, while 174,019 people have recovered after becoming infected.

The institution says that at least 823,479 people have been infected. Both the US and Italy have recorded more than 100,000 cases, while Spain is nearing that figure. All have more cases than China, where the outbreak began.

UK sees largest one-day increase in deaths

A total of 1,789 patients have died in UK hospitals after testing positive as of 5pm on Monday (BST), the country’s Department of Health and Social Care says. That is up 381 from 1,408 on the previous 24 hours and represents a 27% day-on-day increase – by far the biggest so far. It also emerges that dozens of virus-linked death that occurred outside hospitals have not hitherto counted in the official figures.

The health department also says that, as of 9am on Tuesday, a total of 143,186 people have been tested, with 25,150 testing positive.

US deaths now exceed those in China

Monday was the deadliest day yet for the US, which has now lost more than 3,400 people. The figures mean the coronavirus death toll has now surpassed that of the 11 September terror attacks and is greater than that of China – 3,309.

Nearly half of the deaths attributed to the outbreak have occurred in New York, although the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has warned other states may soon see a similar rate of Covid-19 cases and deaths as it was confirmed his brother has tested positive.

Italy death toll rises by 837

A total of 12,428 people are now known to have died in the southern European country; the world’s worst national death toll. Some 77,635 are currently infected with an increase of 2,107 new cases on Tuesday, 459 more than Monday. In the last 24 hours 1,109 have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 15,729.

Worst FTSE quarter since 1987

The FTSE 100 posts its worst quarter since autumn 1987 as it closes for the night at 5671 points (up 108 points, or 1.95% today). That means it has shed 24.8% of its value in the last three months.

The Guardian