Covid 19 -

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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT February 2nd 2022.

40,823 new cases for Australia and 70 deaths so the CMR is 0.149%.

NZ recorded 197 cases and 0 deaths for a CMR of 0.315%.

The UK recorded 86,854 cases and 1,436 deaths yesterday for a CMR of 0.899%. It should be noted that 902 of those deaths were an adjustment to previous data.

298,342 new cases in the USA yesterday and 3,577 deaths sees CMR at 1.194%.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 384M;
Europe passes 130M cases;
South America passes 49M cases;
Russia passes 11M cases;

Solomon Islands (315);
Oman (3,101);
Belarus (3,634);
Armenia (3,956);
Azerbaijan (6,620):
Estonia (7,186);
Latvia (10,610);
Lebanon (10,760);
Jordan (17,893);
South Korea (20,268);
Hungary (19,690);
Slovakia (20,224);
Slovenia (23,429);
Georgia (26,320);
Chile (29,884);
Denmark (52,009);
Czechia (57,195);
Turkey (110,682);
Russia (141,883) – the 13th consecutive day; and
Germany (223,322)

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

No countries moves above the 90th percentile for the 10 day period and Kyrgyzstan drops below.