[russellw]

Data valid as at 00:00 GMT August 20th 2021.

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

708 new cases for Australia and 4 deaths so the CMR is 2.306%.

14 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.876%.

The UK had a higher 36,987 cases yesterday and higher 114 deaths for a CMR of 2.045%.

A lower 160,276 new cases in the USA yesterday and lower 1,077 deaths sees CMR at 1.682%.

Other notable points:
Fiji moves above Australia for the most cases in Oceania despite having 1/25th the population. That's 4,800 cases and 48 deaths / 100k compared to our 162 / 3.8.
Global cases pass 211M, the last 1M in 2 days;

Brunei (197);
Laos (440);
Burundi (593);
Sri Lanka (3,807);
Vietnam (10,657);
Philippines (17,231) - the previous high 02/04/21;
Malaysia (23,564); and
Japan (25,155)

... recorded new 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 the 10 day period and none drop below.