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Data valid as at 23:59 GMT December 18th, 2020.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting.

23 new cases for Australia and 0 deaths so the CMR is 3.232%. NSW recorded 16 cases, Queensland 3 and WA, Vic & the NT recorded 1 each.

10 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.185% and active cases 51.

The UK had a lower 26,507 cases yesterday and 489 deaths.

Just under 239k new cases in the USA yesterday and 3,400 deaths sees CMR drop to 1.804% and active cases at 39.8% with the raw numbers rising and now over 7.0M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases set a new daily high of 738,206 (17/12);
India passes 10M cases;
The USA completes 230M, India 158M, France 30M, Turkey 22M, UAE 19M, South Africa 6M and Iraq 4M tests.

Syria (169) - for the 5th consecutive day;
Namibia (434);
Paraguay (1,268) - the previous high on September 12th;
Slovakia (3,991);
Denmark (4,508);
Sweden (9,659);
Colombia (13,277) - the previous high on August 18th; and
Germany (31,553)

... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.