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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT May 8th, 2021.

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

13 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.043%.

6 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.985% and active cases 25.

The UK had a lower 2,047 cases yesterday and 5 deaths.

Just under 50k new cases in the USA yesterday and 804 deaths sees CMR at 1.780%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points: (weekend reporting)
Global cases pass 158M, the last 1M in 1 day;
Asia passes 43M cases;
India passes 22M cases - just over half the Asian total;
South America passes 700k deaths;

Only -
Trinidad & Tobago (402);

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

No countries move above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average while Croatia drops below.