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9 new cases for Australia and 2 deaths so the CMR rises to 3.191% while active cases drop to 1,671. NSW recorded 1 case, WA 3, SA recorded 1 with the balance in Victoria. The Victorian State 14 day moving average is now 29.57 with metro at 26.7 (37 unknown) and regional at 1.1 and no unknown cases.

3 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.368% and active cases rise to 65.

The UK had 6,634 new cases yesterday, the highest since April and they have implemented a 2nd lockdown. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore those figures.

Just over 41.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,115 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.894% and active cases drop to 35.5% with the raw numbers falling slightly. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global new cases set a daily high of 316,036;
Europe recorded a new daily cases high of 61,236 - almost 10k higher than the previous mark;
The USA completes 101M, India 67M, and tests;

Lebanon (1,027), Poland (1,136), Netherlands (2,544) and Indonesia (4,634)all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.