Fig. 4.

GAU-to-GGU conversion was detected worldwide.

(a) Monthly timeline of the newly added specimens carrying GAU and GGU nucleotide mutations in the world and the continents. The data sampled in China are separately shown, where a state of emergency has been lifted. The data in April were not registered (NR) in China. GGU conversion was not registered in China. The specimen numbers are shown on a logarithmic scale. No other codons for D614G were found. (b) Geolocations and dates of the newly collected specimens in March 2020. Red circles indicate regions as follows: Spain, USA, Peru, Israel, France, Greece, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Taiwan, India, Germany, Hong Kong and Puerto Rico. In the USA, only the representative states were listed: Washington, Connecticut, California, Minnesota, Illinois, Texas, Virginia, Arizona, Utah and Indiana. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)