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23 new cases for Australia and no deaths so CMR drops to 1.436% and active cases rise to 6.8%.

No new cases or deaths for NZ so CMR is unchanged and active cases drop to 0.5% (7).

The UK had just over 2k new cases and 324 deaths so the CMR is back up to 14.070%.

Just over 22.5k new cases in the USA and 1,223 deaths sees CMR down to 5.843% and active cases down to 65.3%.

Other notable points:
Global case numbers pass the 6M mark;
Brazil almost hit the 30k new case mark;
Russia completed 10M tests;
The UK completed 4M tests;
Iran case numbers are increasing again after a long period of decline;
North America passed the 2M case mark;
Africa (5,957), South America (42,523) and Asia (29,168) recorded new highs for daily cases (Asia on consecutive days);

Hong Kong (13), Mauritania (77), Ethiopia (137), Nepal (170), Azerbaijan (230),Bahrain (397), Iraq (416), Armenia (460), Oman (811), Philippines (1,046), Egypt (1,289), Colombia (1,322), South Africa (1,837), Qatar (1,993), Bangladesh (2,523), Pakistan (2,801), Peru (6,506), India (8,105) and Brazil (29,526) all recorded their highest daily total to date - those in blue on consecutive days and in red on the 3rd (or more) consecutive day.