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231 new cases for Australia and 9 deaths sees the CMR rise to 1.615% but active cases drop to 8,996. NSW recorded 12 cases and WA 2 with the balance in Victoria.

10 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.385% and active cases rise to 36.

No update from the UK overnight.

Just under 54.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,386 deaths sees CMR down to 3.155% and active cases at 44.4% with the raw numbers dropping slightly. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global new cases pass 21M, the last 1M taking only 3 days;
The USA completes 68M and NZ 500k tests;
Asia recorded a record high for new cases with 94,122;

Tunisia (67), Syria (105), Albania (154), Costa Rica (1,072), Ethiopia (1,086), Romania (1,454), Ukraine (1,592) and Iraq (3,841) all recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.