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385 new cases for Australia and 14 deaths sees the CMR rise to 1.649% and active cases rise to 9,018. NSW recorded 9 cases, Queensland 3, WA and SA 1 each with the balance in Victoria.

22 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.373% and active cases rise to 49.

The UK has done another one of their magical recounts which increased the number of deaths early in the pandemic - about an extra 2k in March/April) but then reduced the number of deaths between May and July by about 5k. They had 1,440 new cases and 11 deaths yesterday for a CMR of 13.073%.

Just over 55k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,284 deaths sees CMR down to 3.147% and active cases at 44.4% with the raw numbers rising again. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
The USA completes 69M, India 27M and France 6M tests;
Asia recorded a record high for new cases with 94,310;
S America joins N America in having >40 deaths per 100k of population;

Greece (251), Lebanon (334), Venezuela (1,281), Ukraine (1,732), Iraq (4,013) and Peru (9,441) all recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.