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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT May 10th, 2021.

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

15 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.040%.

2 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.983% and active cases 27.

The UK had a higher 2,357 cases yesterday and 4 deaths.

Just under 30k new cases in the USA yesterday and 238 deaths sees CMR at 1.779% - that's the first day under 30k cases since June last year. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points: (weekend reporting)
Global cases pass 159M, the last 1M in 2 days;
Asia passes 44M cases;
India passes 250k (official) deaths;

Only -
Maldives (1,204);
Seychelles (1,770);
Costa Rica (3,463) on 9/5; and
Nepal (9,127)

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

Afghanistan moves above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average while Turkey drops below.