Table 1.

Percentage of the confirmed COVID-19 cases (as of August 23, 2021), the generated mass of pandemic-associated MMPW ending up in the environment, and the pandemic-associated MMPW that is transported to river mouths for different continents

Continents	Confirmed patient cases (%)	MMPW (%)	The riverine discharge (%)
			Total	Microplastic	Macroplastic
Africa	3.8	7.9	5.9	5.6	6.1
Asia	31.2	46.3	72.5	75.6	69.6
Europe	25.7	23.8	11.2	10.0	12.5
North America	21.9	5.6	1.9	1.5	2.3
South America	17.3	16.4	6.9	6.0	7.6
Oceania	0.1	<0.1	1.6	1.3	1.9

All the percentages are of the corresponding global total.