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91 new cases for Australia and 11 deaths sees the CMR rise to 2.951% while active drop to 2,821. NSW recorded 9 cases; Queensland recorded 8, with the balance in Victoria. The Victorian State 14 day moving average is now 83.71.

6 new cases and zero deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.342% and active cases rise to 125.

The UK had 2,659 new cases yesterday as the 2nd wave continues to spiral out of control. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore those figures.

Just over 29k new cases in the USA yesterday and 496 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.979% and active cases drop to 38.7% with the raw numbers still dropping. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 28M, with the last 1M taking 4 days;
The USA completes 89M, India 51M, Russia 39M, Colombia 3M & Serbia 1M tests;
Asia passes 8M cases;
South America goes over 50 deaths per 100k of population, the highest of the continents;
Europe records a new daily high of 40.421 for new cases - the 36,808 the day before was also a new record;
Asia records a new daily high of 124.480 for new cases;

Tunisia (293), Czechia (1,159), Costa Rica (1,327), Argentina (12,259) and India (95.529) all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.