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. 2020 Nov 7;9(1):104660. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104660

Table 2.

Estimated COVID-19 hazardous waste volume for some selected countries.

Country Name ani Generated daily hazardous waste amount (t/day) Total production in 100 days (t)
South Africa 137,977 469.12 46912.18
United States of America 2,369,126 8055.03 805502.84
Brazil 815,986 2774.35 277435.24
Mexico 105,515 358.75 35875.10
Iran 23,914 81.31 8130.76
Egypt 37,805 128.54 12853.70
Italy 13,263 45.09 4509.42
India 635,393 2160.34 216033.62
Bangladesh 105,831 359.83 35982.54
Argentina 133,651 454.41 45441.34
Colombia 161,951 550.63 55063.34

Source: a data used of 10 August 2020 from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries.