FIGURE 2. Number of SARS-CoV-2 variants sequenced and deposited, with cumulative cases and deaths in South America. The panels show (a) the numbers of each variant sequenced and the prevailing variants, by country, with 21/1 indicating the period January–July 2021, 21/2 indicating August–December 2021 and 22/1 indicating January–May 2022; (b) the relationship between cumulative cases and deaths, according to WHO, and deposits in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID) database from South America, expressed as the mean number with the standard error; (c) the relationship between cumulative cases and deaths, according to WHO, and the genome sequences deposited in GISAID, by country.

GUF: French Guiana; TTO: Trinidad and Tobago; VOC: variant of concern; VOI: variant of interest.

Source: Figure prepared by the authors from the results of their study.