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44 new cases for Australia and 9 deaths sees the CMR rise to 2.895% while active drop to 2,957. NSW recorded 4 cases; Queensland 2, WA 1 with the balance in Victoria.

4 new cases and zero deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.351% and active cases rise to 118.

The UK had 2,948 new cases yesterday and as we know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines we are going to ignore those figures.

Just over 31k new cases in the USA yesterday and 430 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.991% and active cases remain at 39.3% with the raw numbers rising again. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
The USA completes 88M, India 49M and Morocco 2M tests;
Ecuador amended their reporting methodology which reduced total cases by 8,200 but increased deaths by 3,780;
Bolivia made an adjustment to recorded deaths with a 1,170 increase;
Africa passes 30k deaths;

Hungary (576), Tunisia (265), Libya (1,085) and Israel (3,331) all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.