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Data valid as at 23:45 GMT September 25th, 2020.

20 new cases for Australia and 6 deaths so the CMR rises to 3.219% while active cases drop to 1,608. NSW recorded 4 cases with the balance in Victoria. The Victorian State 14 day moving average is now 27.5 with metro at 23.6 (31 unknown) and regional at 0.8 and no unknown cases.

2 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.367% and active cases fall to 60.

The UK had 6,873 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 45.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 924 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.888% and active cases drop to 35.4% with the raw numbers rising slightly. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
The global new case high from yesterday was reduced below the level of the previous high;
Europe recorded an amended daily case high of 57,782;
The USA completes 102M, India 68M, Russia 44M, UK 23M and Belgium 3M tests;
Asia passes 10M cases;

Denmark (678), Lebanon (1,143), Poland (1,587), Netherlands (2,777 for 5 days in a row), Ukraine (3,827), Indonesia (4,823) and Argentina (13,467 the day before yesterday) all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.