September 30, 2020
Global deaths surpass 1 million
The report of the millionth death arrived on Tuesday, just short of 10 months since the first confirmed death in January. The current confirmed number of cases currently stands at over 33 million. Here are the top 5 nations with the highest number of deaths
| Position | Country | Total Cases | Total Deaths |
| 1 | USA | 7,406,729 | 210,797 |
| 2 | Brazil | 4,780,317 | 143,010 |
| 3 | India | 6,229,474 | 97,541 |
| 4 | Mexico | 738,163 | 77,163 |
| 5 | UK | 446,156 | 42,072 |
Disney to cut 28,000 jobs at theme parks
Walt Disney has announced that it will be cutting 28,000 jobs from its theme parks, mostly in the United States.
The decision comes in reaction to the new limited visitor capacity at the parks, and ongoing uncertainty about how long the coronavirus pandemic will last.
Disney lost $4.7bn (£3.6bn) in the three months to 27 June.
Disney’s parks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Paris are not affected by the announcement. Josh D’Amaro, chairman of the parks unit, said the company’s problems in the US were “exacerbated in California by the state’s unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen.”
60 million Indians may have had the coronavirus, pandemic agency suggests
According to official data, India is the world’s second most infected nation, with more than 6.2 million cases. Officially, nearly 100,000 Indians have died due to COVID-19, though the country’s leading pandemic agency suggest that the real number is likely significantly higher.
Citing an antibody study which was run to determine the proportion of the population have had the virus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) suggested that the figure is more likely closer to 1 in 15 Indians (aged over 10), placing the number at around 60 million, which is 10 times the official number.
Other Coronavirus News & Statistics
- German Chancellor has urged Germans to “continue acting patiently” in the fight against the Coronavirus. She has this week begun to reimpose restrictions on the number of people who can meet following a number of outbreaks at larger gatherings.
- Despite concerns for the future of office space across London, Morgan Stanley has decided to move to a new, bigger space in England’s capital. It is thought that currently only 1/3 of London’s workers are travelling to the office each day.
- Worldometers: Up to date Coronavirus statistics
Main image: Disney, qin linlin, Flickr Creative Commons
