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455 new cases for Australia and 10 deaths sees the CMR rises to 1.076% and active cases rise to 5,229. NSW recorded 14, WA recorded 2 and the balance were in Victoria.

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

The UK recorded 745 new cases and 14 deaths yesterday so the CMR drops to 15.280%.

Just over 67k new cases in the USA yesterday and 908 deaths sees CMR down to 3.462% 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 deaths pass 650k with the last 50k only taking 8 days;
India completes 16M and Saudi Arabia 3M tests;

Kenya (960), Dominican Republic (2,012), Iraq (2,862) and India (50,525) all recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.