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27 new cases for Australia (nearly all in Victoria) and no deaths so CMR drops to 1.372% but active cases rise to 453 (6.1%).

2 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.458% and active cases rise to 3.

The UK had 1,305 new cases and 128 deaths so the CMR is down to 14.051%.

Just over 33.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 719 deaths sees CMR down to 5.285% and active cases down to 53.1% although the raw numbers are rising.

Other notable points:
Global new cases were the second highest recorded at 154,306;
Australia completes 2M tests;
Africa recorded a new daily high for new cases with 10,362;
North America recorded a new daily high for new cases with 41,164;
Asia recorded a new daily high for new cases with 44,171;

Myanmar (23), Palestine (109), Kyrgyzstan (192), Ethiopia (300), Azerbaijan (471), Morocco (539), Guatemala (641), Bolivia (977), Iraq (1,870), South Africa (4,966) and India (15,915) all recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.