[Dawn.]

Originally Posted by Rivière

Currently there's just over 17,000 confirmed cases, with about 14,000 of them in England. The highest number of cases so far is in Birmingham with nearly 430 cases. In terms of deaths, the UK has recently hit the 1,000 mark, with 260 of them being from today alone.

The lockdown does seem to be helping, though there are still quite a few people who remain defiant. The government has given police powers to hand out fines if people are out for non-essential reasons, as well as arrests if fines have no effect.

I think the thing that concerns a lot of people the most, is the fact that they need money to pay for bills like food and rent. A lot of people have been made unemployed because of the lockdown. Those whom are self-employed are also struggling. The government is willing to pay 80% of an employees wages providing they're under about £2.500.. which is still also taxable.

Overall, confirmed cases and deaths continue to climb, the NHS is working around the clock to take care of people, but much of people's concerns have been money-related I think. We're supposed to be on lockdown for 3 weeks, but we'll see how it goes.

That's pretty scary! Over here, there's been 3,809 confirmed cases with the death toll being 14. All those that have landed at the airport are being taken to a hotel room for 14 days.