Covid 19 -

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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT January 28th 2022.

55,288 new cases for Australia and 134 deaths so the CMR is 0.142%. There were some adjustments made to the numbers earlier in the week that added about 38k cases. The 134 deaths sets a new daily high.

NZ recorded 149 cases and 0 deaths for a CMR of 0.325%.

The UK recorded 88,506 cases and 277 deaths for a CMR of 0.951%.

536,397 new cases in the USA yesterday and 3,431 deaths sees CMR at 1.208%.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 370M;
Europe sets a new daily high with 1,791,905 cases on 27/1;
Europe passes 122M cases;
Asia passes 98M cases;
USA passes 75M cases;
Brazil passes 25M cases;
Belgium passes 3M cases;

Bhutan (205);
Barbados (729);
Egypt (2,007);
Belarus (2,221);
Armenia (3,536);
Bahrain (6,659);
Kuwait (6,913);
Costa Rica(7,302);
Pakistan (8,183);
Lithuania (11,365);
Uruguay (13,612);
South Korea (16,085);
Chile (26,727);
Ukraine (34,408);
Denmark (50,392);
Sweden (53,619);
Belgium (68,285);
Japan (73,945);
Netherlands (74,019);
Turkey (93,586);
Russia (98,040) – the 8th consecutive day;
Germany (189,464); and
Brazil (257,239)

... all recorded new highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

No countries move above the 90th percentile for the 10 day period while no countries drop below.