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Data valid as at 23:59 GMT December 20th, 2020.

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

44 new cases for Australia and 0 deaths so the CMR is 3.223%. NSW recorded 36 cases, Vic & Queensland recorded 2 each and SA recorded 3.

6 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.181% and active cases 55.

The UK had a new record high 35,928 cases yesterday and 326 deaths.

Just over 196k new cases in the USA yesterday and 2,610 deaths sees CMR drop to 1.789% and active cases at 39.9% with the raw numbers rising and now over 7.2M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points: (it being a weekend again)
Global cases pass 77M with the last 1M in 1 day;
The USA completes 234M, India 161M, Russia 85M, Italy 25M, Denmark 9M, Israel 7M, Greece 3M and Ireland 2M tests.

Only:

South Korea (1,095);
Netherlands (13,032); and
the UK (35,928)

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