Covid 19 -

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Data valid as at 23:59 GMT December 25th, 2020.

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

11 new cases for Australia and 0 deaths so the CMR is 3.212%. NSW recorded 10 cases, SA and Queensland recorded 2 each and WA recorded 1.

No new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.175% and active cases 49.

The UK had 32,725 cases yesterday and 570 deaths.

Just over 193k new cases in the USA yesterday and 2,835 deaths sees CMR drop to 1.764% and active cases at 39.5% with the raw numbers rising and now over 7.5M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points - bearing in mind that some countries didn't report:
Global cases pass 84M with the last 1M in 2 days;
Global deaths pass 1.75M with the last 50k in 4 days;
North America passes 22M cases;
The USA completes 243M, India 166M, Russia 88M, Germany & France 33M, UAE 20M, Australia 11M and Denmark 10M tests.

Namibia (683) - 15% above the high yesterday;
South Korea (1,237) - 13% above the previous high;
Japan (3,841) - 25% above the previous high;
Slovakia (4,046);
South Africa (14,796); and
Colombia (14,941)

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