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18 new cases for Australia (ALL Victoria and NSW) and no deaths so CMR drops to 1.377% but active cases rise to 429 (5.8%).

No new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.460% and active cases remain at 2.

The UK had 1,336 new cases and 173 deaths so the CMR is down to 14.069%.

Just under 28k new cases in the USA yesterday and 733 deaths sees CMR down to 5.332% and active cases down to 53.1% although the raw numbers are rising again.

Other notable points:
Global new cases set a new high of 176,718 - a 23% increase on the previous high;
Brazil passed the 1M cases mark and set a new daily high of more than 55,000 cases;
The UK passes the 300K case mark;
Russia completes 16M tests;
Africa recorded a new daily high for new cases with 10,135;
North America recorded a new daily high for new cases with 40,412;
South America recorded a new daily high for new cases with 69,779;

Myanmar (23), Palestine (75), Kyrgyzstan (132), Israel (303), Ivory Coast (430), Azerbaijan (438), Morocco (539), Guatemala (617), Ukraine (921), Iraq (1,635), Egypt (1,774), Argentina (2,060), Colombia (3,171), Mexico (5,662), India (14,721) and Brazil (55,209) all recorded new daily highs, those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.