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118 new cases for Australia and 23 deaths sees the CMR rise to 2.259% while active drop to 4,384. NSW recorded 9 cases, Queensland recorded 2 case with the balance in Victoria. It was also the third highest count for deaths in a day but also the lowest daily case numbers since 3rd July nationally and the lowest since .

7 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.293% and active cases drop to 126.

The UK had 1,792 new cases and as we know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines we are going to ignore those figures.

Just over 44.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,289 deaths sees CMR drop to 3.061% and active cases drop to 41.7% with the raw numbers rising again and now over 2.5M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
The USA passes 6M cases;
South America passes 6M cases;
The USA completes 79M, India 38M and the UK 16M tests;

South Korea (441), Palestine (522), Lebanon (689), Nepal (1,111), Romania (1,504), Indonesia (2,719) and India (76,826) all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.