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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT April 27th, 2021.

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

23 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.062%.

8 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.997% and active cases 36.

The UK had a higher 2,685 cases yesterday and 17 deaths.

Just over 48.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 342 deaths sees CMR at 1.784%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 149M, the last 1M in 1 day;
Asia sets a new daily case high of 489,419;
India sets a new global high with 362,902 cases;
Europe passes 44M cases;
Asia passes 0.5M deaths

Only -
Maldives (386);
Réunion (1,038);
Sri Lanka (1,111);
Costa Rica (1,927); and
India (362,902)

... 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 and none drop below.