Covid 19 -

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Data valid as at 23:55 GMT October 5th, 2020.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting except for the Victorian 14 day moving averages.

13 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR drops to 3.293% while active cases drop to 1,363. NSW, WA and SA all recorded 1 each with the balance in Victoria.

The Victorian State 14 day moving average is now 12.57 with metro at 10.6 (13 unknown) and regional at 0.3 and no unknown cases. Victoria reported 15 new cases for the last 24 hours.

1 new case and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.348% and active cases drop to 40.

The UK had a much higher 12,593 new cases yesterday to set a new record for daily cases. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore the CMR.

Just under 34.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 332 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.810% and active cases drop to 33.7% with the raw numbers rising. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
The USA completes 112M, India 79M, Spain 13M & Bangladesh 2M tests;
Spain has a major adjustment to their case numbers but mostly timing rather than totals;
South America passes 60 deaths per 100k of population;
Europe recorded an amended daily case high of 72,420 (3/10);

Iran (3,902); the Netherlands (4,579) and the United Kingdom (12,593) recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.