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66 new cases for Australia (all in Victoria) and no deaths so CMR drops to 1.260% and active cases rise to 832 (10.1%). Some reclassification added 254 cases to the overall total.

No new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.438% and active cases remain at 18.

The UK recorded 576 new cases and 136 deaths yesterday so the CMR rises to 15.524%.

Just under 56k new cases in the USA yesterday and 687 deaths sees CMR down to 4.637 and active cases down to 53.3% but the raw numbers are rising and passed the 1.5M active case mark. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global new cases set a new high of 206,504, 8% above the prior peak;
Global case numbers pass 11M with the last million added in 6 days;
The UK completes 10M and the USA 36Mtests;
Africa records a new high for daily cases with 16,216;
Asia records a new high for daily cases with 53,601;
North America records a new high for daily cases with 67,459;

Uzbekistan (318), Algeria (413), Nepal (740), Dominican Republic (951), Bolivia (1,301), Philippines (1,531), Guatemala (2,282), Mexico (6,741), South Africa (9,063) and India (22,721) recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.