[russellw]

Data valid as at 00:00 GMT May 9th, 2021.

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

10 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.042%.

2 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.984% and active cases 27.

The UK had a lower 1,770 cases yesterday and 2 deaths.

Just over 35k new cases in the USA yesterday and 631 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 deaths pass 3.3M, the last 50k in 4 days;

Only -
Maldives (1,091); and
Sri Lanka (2,672)

... 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 Oman and Syria drop below.