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426 new cases for Australia and 8 deaths sees the CMR rise to 1.343% and active cases rise to 9,100. NSW recorded 9 with the balance in Victoria. Victoria had a better week than the last few with only a 7% increase in case numbers for the week.

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

The UK recorded 758 new cases and 55 deaths yesterday so the CMR drops to 15.033%.

Just over 63k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,290 deaths sees CMR down to 3.220% and active cases at 45.4% with the raw numbers rising. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Italy passes 250k cases;
Brazil passes 3M cases and 100k deaths;
The UK completes 18M, India 23M and the USA 64M tests;
North America passes 6M cases;

Libya (404), Poland (843), Venezuela (981), Morocco (1,345), Romania (1,378), Ukraine (1,489) and India (65,516) recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.