Table 2.
B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1, B.1.427 + B.1.429, B.1.525: Variants of concern/interest of SARS‐CoV‐2 by country as of March 31, 2021. Currently, new variants are being detected and characterized in rapid succession. This Table could be outdated by the time of publication. For updating of data, consult GISAID (Shu & McCauley, 2017).
| Country | B.1.1.7 | B.1.351 | P.1 | B.1.429 & B.1.427 | B.1.525 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angola | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aruba | 120 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| Australia | 242 | 38 | 4 | 17 | 8 |
| Austria | 414 | 167 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barbados | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 5,302 | 655 | 223 | 1 | 24 |
| Bonaire | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Botswana | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 71 | 1 | 641 | 0 | 0 |
| British Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brunei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 2,395 | 38 | 150 | 13 | 13 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 30 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 |
| China | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Comoros | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Croatia | 352 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curacao | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 863 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 4,889 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 121 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Estonia | 273 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eswatini | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 400 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| France | 6,290 | 537 | 38 | 4 | 30 |
| French Guiana | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Gambia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 21,038 | 652 | 63 | 6 | 123 |
| Ghana | 116 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Gibraltar | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hungary | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iceland | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 151 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iran | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 4,583 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| Israel | 1,769 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Italy | 6,909 | 0 | 394 | 1 | 73 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 456 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 11 |
| Jordan | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenya | 20 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvia | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesotho | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 413 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 669 | 180 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Malawi | 1 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Martinique | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayotte | 1 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 33 | 0 | 5 | 146 | 0 |
| Moldova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montenegro | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mozambique | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Namibia | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 6,854 | 341 | 59 | 5 | 36 |
| New Zealand | 98 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Macedonia | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 106 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Norway | 1,630 | 190 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Oman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Peru | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Philippines | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poland | 1,987 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Portugal | 1,701 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| Reunion | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 191 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Russia | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Saint Lucia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Senegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 88 | 71 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Sint Maarten | 27 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| Slovakia | 609 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 839 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1,670 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 103 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| Spain | 4,352 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 18 |
| Sri Lanka | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 4,290 | 296 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 5,134 | 125 | 29 | 4 | 9 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Thailand | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Togo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 522 | 112 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Ukraine | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 187,267 | 434 | 31 | 16 | 275 |
| United States | 15,117 | 290 | 252 | 23,328 | 182 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zambia | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 |