We’ve launched a new blog at the link below – head there for the latest: Triple whammy’ of funding cuts has left UK arts vulnerable - report British arts institutions have been hit with a “triple whammy” of funding cuts since 2008 – as public, local government and business investment all fell steeply – leaving them vulnerable during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report. The National Campaign for the Arts’ Arts Index survey, compiled in association with the Creative Industries Federation (CIF) and King’s College London, reveals that public funding for the arts per head of population fell by 35% since 2008, with local government investment decreasing by 43%. As well as the drops in public funding and local government money, the report found that business sponsorship of the arts is down 39% since 2013, which it says equates to “tens of millions of pounds” disappearing from the arts economy. 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The sombre milestone comes as cases approach 7 million, with 6,973,195 currently confirmed. The US, with the highest deaths and infections globally, has 1,931,850 confirmed cases and 110,141 deaths. Brazil is next highest, with 672,846 cases and 35,930 deaths. Hi, Helen Sullivan joining you know. I’ll be bringing you the latest for the next few hours – get in touch on Twitter @helenrsullivan. In the UK, a campaign for a new investigation into Dominic Cummings over alleged breaches of the lockdown rules has been launched by lawyers with the backing of health workers and some families of coronavirus victims. Read Matthew Weaver’s report here. Some 25,000 jobs could be under threat at London’s Heathrow Airport, its chief executive has warned, as new quarantine measures for international arrivals come into force. Passengers arriving in the UK from Monday will need to self-isolate for 14 days under the latest government measure to reduce the spread of coronavirus. There has been widespread concern that this will cause huge damage to the travel and aviation sectors as they recover from pandemic. Speaking to the City AM podcast, The City View, Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said he was now having to consider job cuts at the west London airport. “76,000 people are employed at Heathrow,” he said. “That represents one-in-four households in the local community, so if we start cutting jobs on mass that has a devastating impact on local communities, including the Prime Minister’s own constituency, which is only a few miles from the airport. “What we’ve heard already from the airlines is that they are cutting around a third of all employees, so that would be 25,000 people out of work. That would be a devastating blow to west London and the Thames Valley.” Chile revises death toll, bringing total to 2,290 Chile revised its death toll linked to the coronavirus outbreak sharply higher on Sunday, adding deaths from databases that previously had not been included. Health minister Jaime Mañalich said 653 additional deaths linked to Covid-19 had to be counted, bringing the total number to 2,290. That included 96 new deaths announced in the Sunday daily report. Chile has one of the highest numbers of cases in Latin America, which has become an epicentre of the pandemic even as countries worldwide have begun to reopen. Brazil, Peru and Mexico have also been hard hit by the virus. Mañalich said that databases on deceased persons certified by the civil registry had been reviewed and along with information from laboratories doing PCR tests for the virus had been consolidated into a single list. Mañalich added that death certificate information would now be included if “in any way, directly or indirectly, it may be linked to Covid-19 as a cause associated with death.” Chile had reported 134,150 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday, health ministry data showed. UK prime minister Boris Johnson has said Black Lives Matter demonstrations have been subverted by “thuggery”, and those responsible will be held to account. This comes as tens of thousands of people attended protests across the UK on Sunday, after a week in which growing numbers defied calls from politicians and police to avoid mass gatherings to rally against racial injustice. Poland has recorded 575 new cases. The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Poland has increased by 575 and reached 26,561, the ministry of health announced on Sunday. Four more people have died, bringing the death toll to 1,157. US death toll is approaching 110,000, according to the CDC. The centre reported 1,920,904 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 29,214 cases from its previous count, and said Covid-19 deaths in the US had risen by 709 to 109,901. India has recorded nearly 10,000 new cases. India on Sunday registered 9,971 new coronavirus cases, taking the country’s tally to 246,628 cases, with 6,929 deaths. The case numbers lags behind only the US, Brazil, Russia, UK and Spain. The country is preparing to reopen malls, restaurants, hotels and places of worship on Monday. France has registered 13 new deaths. The country’s coronavirus death toll rose by 13 on Sunday to reach 29,155, while the number of confirmed cases increased by 343 to 153,977. The number of people in hospital and ICU has continued to decline. Canada has reported 722 new cases. Canada has confirmed 722 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 95,057. The country has recorded 70 deaths, taking the death toll to 7,773, the Public Health Agency announced – an increase of 0.9%. Italy has reported 197 new cases, with the majority concentrated in the Lombardy region. The country has reported 53 Covid-19 deaths, against 72 the previous day, and 197 new cases, down from 270 the day before, the Civil Protection department said. Lombardy accounted for 125 of the 197 new cases reported despite making up just 16% of Italy’s population. Saudi Arabia has passed 100,000 confirmed cases. The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia has passed 100,000, according to official figures. The ministry of health reported 3,045 new cases on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the country to 101,914, the BBC reports. No new coronavirus deaths in Northern Ireland or Scotland for first time since lockdown. No new coronavirus deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland or Scotland for the first time since lockdown began. In Northern Ireland, the total deaths of those who tested positive for the virus stands at 537, while the number is 2,415 in Scotland. However, the Scottish health secretary cautioned it was “very likely” deaths would be registered in upcoming days, as there is often a delay in the recording of deaths over the weekend. A US senator has accused China of slowing down vaccine efforts. The Republican senator Rick Scott has claimed the US has evidence China is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a Covid-19 vaccine by Western countries. He declined to give details of the evidence, saying it had come through the intelligence community. Gym owners and trainers in several Indian cities held protests over the weekend demanding the re-opening of fitness centres as many other lockdown restrictions are set to ease. As of Monday, shopping malls, restaurants, hotels and places of worship will be allowed to re-open, over 10 weeks after a nationwide shutdown was imposed in late March. Gyms, however, will remain shut. The lockdown’s relaxation comes as India records a rising number of new daily virus cases. The South Asian country has reported almost 250,000 cases so far including nearly 7,000 deaths. “We are running in losses for last three months and there is no clarity when the government plans to open the gyms,” Amritsar Gym Owners Association’s president, Dharminder Verma, told AFP on Sunday. Gym owners were still paying rent and staff salaries despite being shut, Verma said. Similar protests were held in neighbouring Ludhiana district on Saturday, where topless bodybuilders did push-ups and flexed their pumped-up muscles. Poland records 575 new cases The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Poland has increased by 575 and reached 26,561, the ministry of health announced on Sunday. Four more people have died, bringing the death toll to 1,157, local sources report. This follows 576 new infections on Saturday - the highest daily level since the start of the pandemic - and 16 deaths. The spike is being linked to outbreaks in coal mines in the southern region of Silesia. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday reported 1,920,904 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 29,214 cases from its previous count, and said Covid-19 deaths in the US had risen by 709 to 109,901. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.