Table 2.

sequencing ratios for every continent considering data from the GISAID and the NCBI Virus databases

Data source	Continent	Confirmed cases	Number of sequences from human source	Sequencing ratio (‰)
GISAID	Oceania	127731	23,619	184.91
	Europe	61564901	1590080	25.83
	North America	37882851	836474	22.08
	Africa	7114221	33061	4.65
	Asia	55562556	185036	3.33
	South America	41042146	50280	1.23
NCBI	Oceania	127731	13939	109.13
	North America	37882851	417672	11.03
	Europe	61564901	622517	10.11
	Africa	7114221	2154	0.3
	Asia	55562556	6424	0.12
	South America	41042146	912	0.02