Covid 19 -

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131 new cases for Australia (mostly in Victoria) and 0 deaths so CMR drops to 1.193% and active cases rise to 1,293 (14.6%). The ACT recorded its first case (well 3 to be exact) in 30 days.

1 new case and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.431% and active cases rise to 23.

The UK recorded 630 new cases and 126 deaths yesterday so the CMR rises to 15.512%.

Just under 57k new cases in the USA yesterday and 993 deaths sees CMR down to 4.326% and active cases down to 51.9% but the raw numbers are rising. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global new cases pass 12M with the last 1M added in just 5 days;
Canada completes 3M, the UK 11M and the USA 39M tests;
Africa records a new daily high of 17,460 cases;
Asia records a new daily high of 55,331 cases;

Venezuela (419), Uzbekistan (422), Venezuela (661), Indonesia (1,853), Philippines (2,486), Iraq (2,741), Argentina (3,604) and India (25,571) recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.