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353 new cases for Australia and 6 deaths sees the CMR rises to 1.040% and active cases rise to 4,786. NSW recorded 15 and the balance were in Victoria. We're heading for another big total as the daily report from Victoria has just been announced as 459 cases and 10 deaths.

0 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.414% and active cases remain at 21.

The UK recorded 767 new cases and 61 deaths yesterday so the CMR drops to 15.313%.

Just under 78k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,141 deaths sees CMR down to 3.495% and active cases at 48.8% with the raw numbers still rising. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases passed 16M, the last 1M also taking just 4 days;
Global cases set a new high for daily cases with 288,997;
The USA completes 53M tests;
The USA passes 5M cases
Africa sets a new high for daily cases with 22,125;
North America sets a new high for daily cases with 92,552;

South Korea (113), El Salvador (429), Venezuela (666), Morocco (811), Costa Rica (931) and the Dominican Republic (1,819) all recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.