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278 new cases for Australia and 9 deaths sees the CMR rise to 1.130% and active cases rise to 5,973. NSW recorded 29, WA 2, Queensland 3 and the balance were in Victoria.

2 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.412% and active cases rise to 23.

The UK recorded 763 new cases and 83 deaths yesterday so the CMR drops to 15.246%.

Just over 65k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,216 deaths sees CMR down to 3.385% and active cases at 48.0% with the raw numbers still rising. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Despite what I said, global cases pass 17M with the last 1M in 4 days;
The USA completes 56M tests;
Asia records a new high for daily cases with 76,301;

Lebanon (182), Libya (205), Bosnia & Herzegovina (361), Czechia (374), Uzbekistan (692), Morocco (826), Iraq (2,968) and India (52,249) all recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.