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. 2022 May 27;11(6):1066. doi: 10.3390/antiox11061066

Table 3.

Countries with “low” and “high” (above 150 g per/capita) tea consumption relative to the total COVID-19 mortality per millions of people and percentage of COVID-19 mortality per total infections in different countries.

Country Population in Millions Total COVID-19 Cases 1 Total COVID-19 Mortality 1 COVID-19 Mortality (per Million Population) 1 % COVID-19 Mortality per Total Cases 2 % COVID-19 Cases per Million Population 1
Low Tea Consumption Countries
Germany 83.13 7,279,037 112,707 1356 1.55 0.87
France 67.51 10,694,804 125,551 1860 1.17 15.84
Italy 59.09 6,566,947 138,045 2336 2.10 11.11
Spain 47.39 6,785,286 89,689 1893 1.32 14.32
Portugal 10.51 1,460,406 19,015 1809 1.30 13.89
High Tea Consumption Countries
China 1439.32 115,611 4849 3.37 4.19 0.08
Japan 126.93 1,735,050 18,393 144.91 1.06 1.37
Senegal 16.74 77,935 1895 113.20 2.43 0.47
Korea 51.67 645,226 5781 111.88 0.89 1.25
Kenya 47.56 302,134 5401 113.56 1.79 0.64
Mozambique 31.26 196,346 2042 65.32 1.04 0.63
Taiwan 23.83 17,129 849 35.63 4.96 0.07
Uzbekistan 33.47 199,758 1488 44.46 0.74 0.60
Mali 20.25 23,600 670 33.09 2.84 0.12
Other Tea Consumption Countries
Canada 38.51 2,323,772 30,475 791.14 1.31 6.03
USA 332.90 56,803,703 829,351 2491 1.46 1.71
Brazil 212.56 22,309,081 619,473 2914 2.78 10.50

1 Data from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center [36]. 2 Higher ratio means low support by Health Care Institutions for COVID-19 patients.