Data valid as at 00:00 GMT week ending March 3rd 2023.
19,500 new cases for Australia and
86 deaths so the CMR is 0.171% (
é).
NZ reported 9,077 cases and
43 deaths for a CMR of 0.176% (
é).
The UK reported 28,539 cases and 706 deaths last week for a CMR of 0.849 (
é).
A higher 222,553 new cases in the USA this week and higher
2,282 deaths sees CMR at 1.088 (-).
Other notable points:Global cases pass 680M;
Global deaths pass 6.8M, the last 50k in 33 days;
South America passes 86M cases;
Oceania passes 14M cases;
Taiwan passes 10M cases;
Global case numbers are down again to
983,482this week compared to the
1,018,724 last week and the number of deaths
decreased from an unamended
6,961 last week to
6,574this week although the amended deaths for last week are up to 7,736 and the amended case numbers to 1,079,879.