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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT February 23rd, 2021.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting.

7 new case for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.141%.

6 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.100% and active cases 54.

The UK had 8,489 cases yesterday and 548 deaths.

Just under 62k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,376 deaths sees CMR up to 1.778%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
None

No countries (for the 2nd consecutive day)

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

Most countries are now running 10 day average case numbers below their 90th percentile but there are exceptions including:

Asia: Iraq, Indonesia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Malaysia and Jordan.
Europe: Greece, Moldova, Albania, Finland, Latvia, Malta, Estonia, Slovakia and Czechia.
South America: Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
North America: Only Cuba.
Africa: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Senegal and the Ivory Coast.