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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT May 5th, 2021.

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

12 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.047%.

6 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.989% and active cases 25.

The UK had a higher 2,144 cases yesterday and 27 deaths.

Just under 43k new cases in the USA yesterday and 839 deaths sees CMR at 1.780%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 155M, the last 1M in 2 days;
Global deaths pass 3,25M, the last 50k in 4 days;
Europe passes 45M cases;
India passes 21M cases;
India sets a new global high with 412,618 cases;

Trinidad (399);
Maldives (734);
Bahrain (1,450);
Sri Lanka (1,939);
Nepal (8,605); and
India (412,618)

... 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 Ukraine drops below.