Table 2.
Donation numbers before and during the pandemic period of different countries
| First author [Ref.] | Location | Time frame (2020) | Before pandemic | During pandemic | Number of total cases | Population of region |
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| Grandone [31] | Apulia, Italy | March ‘19/March ‘20 | 18,100 | 16,200 | 2,077 (Apulia) | 4,008,296 |
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| Wang [32]a | Zhejiang, China | Feb ‘19/Feb ‘20 | 15,609 | 5,253 | 1,205 (Feb 26) | 1,935,000 |
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| Ou-Yang [25]b | Guangdong province | Jan to Mar ‘19/Jan to Mar ‘20 | 56,100 (26,400 same time frame before measures) | 48,800 (17,800 before measures) | 1,501 (March 31, Guangdong province) | 13,302,000 (Guangdong) |
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| Raturi [26]c | Dehradun, Uttarkhand, India | Jan–early Feb Feb-March | 1,343 | 600 | 7/1,559 (Uttarkhand/ India) | 11,701,989 (Uttarkhand) |
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| Gupta [33]d | India (1 unknown centre) | March ‘20 April ‘20 | 877 | 613 | 724 (March 27) | 30,291,000 (Delhi) |
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| Yahia [34] | Bisha, Saudi Arabia | Sept-Dec.'19/ Jan-May ‘20 | 1,360 | 1,009 | 22,752 (May 1) | 34,813,871 |
a
Numbers obtained from 38 blood centres.
b
Actions were made after January 30 2020, thereby increasing donations.
c
Research separated their data between two phases. First phase was between October 2019 to middle half of February 2020. The second phase was between late half of February to June. Only the numbers added in this table were from January to first half of February 2020, and first half of February to March.
d
Lockdown started after March 25.