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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT April 21st, 2021.

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

15 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.077%.

2 new case and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.000% and active cases 83.

The UK had a lower 2,396 cases yesterday and 20 deaths.

Just under 61k new cases in the USA yesterday and 881 deaths sees CMR at 1.790%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 144M, the last 1M in 1 day;
Global cases set a new daily high of 873,079;
Asia sets a new daily high of 473,024 cases;
Asia passes 45M cases;
India sets a new record for daily cases (315,802), surpassing the 297,357 recorded by the USA back in January;

Guyana (160);
Cabo Verde (398);
Iraq (8,696); and
India (315,802)

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

Costa Rica and Nepal move above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average while Hungary and Libya drop below.