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386 new cases for Australia and 17 deaths sees the CMR rise to 1.399% and active cases rise to 9,228. NSW recorded 10 with the balance in Victoria. The deaths represent the highest daily total since the pandemic began.

No new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.402% and active cases remain at 23.

The UK recorded 1,062 new cases and 8 deaths yesterday so the CMR drops below 15% finally to 14.984%.

Just over 56k new cases in the USA yesterday and 989 deaths sees CMR down to 3.205% and active cases at 45.6% with the raw numbers rising. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
By the time the rest of yesterdays figures are in, the global total of cases will pass 20M, the last 1M taking only 4 days again;
The USA completes 65M and India 24M tests;
Asia sets a daily high for new cases with 91,315;

Greece (202), Lebanon (294) and El Salvador (445) were the only countries to record new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.