Table 1 Absolute and relative COVID-19 metadata in Latin America and the Caribbean until December 2023.

From: Genomic, socio-environmental, and sequencing capability patterns in the surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Latin America and the Caribbean up to 2023

Region	Country	Population	COVID-19
			Absolute number				Relative number
			Cases	Deaths	Sequences	Recombinants	Cases/1 M pop	Deaths/1 M pop	Deaths/1 M cases	Tests/1 M pop	Sequences (%)*	Recombinants (%) **
Central and North America	Belize	412,190	71,373	688	1193	65	173,156	1669	9639	1,397,453	1.7	5.4
	Costa Rica	5,182,354	1,238,883	9428	12,010	2846	239,058	1819	7610	899,158	1.0	23.7
	El Salvador	6,550,389	201,835	4230	918	209	30,813	646	20,958	398,467	0.5	22.8
	Guatemala	18,584,039	1,281,183	20,272	5493	2192	68,940	1091	15,823	408,622	0.4	39.9
	Honduras	10,221,247	474,590	11,165	382	182	46,432	1092	23,526	162,472	0.1	47.6
	México	131,562,772	7,702,809	334,955	92,566	6907	58,549	2546	43,485	152,124	1.2	7.5
	Nicaragua	6,779,100	18,491	225	968	90	2728	33	12,168	0	5.2	9.3
	Panama	4,446,964	1,055,998	8688	6790	687	237,465	1954	8227	1,756,488	0.6	10.1
South America	Argentina	46,010,234	10,080,046	130,691	20,816	1151	219,083	2840	12,965	776,264	0.2	5.5
	Bolivia	11,992,656	1,211,716	22,407	499	52	101,038	1868	18,492	225,993	0.0	10.4
	Brazil	215,353,593	38,213,714	708,638	242,037	16,052	177,446	3291	18,544	296,146	0.6	6.6
	Chile	19,250,195	5,330,856	64,497	45,405	4484	276,925	3350	12,099	2,605,252	0.9	9.9
	Colombia	51,512,762	6,388,243	143,124	28,603	2797	124,013	2778	22,404	717,327	0.4	9.8
	Ecuador	18,113,361	1,070,121	36,043	11,052	1566	59,079	1990	33,681	170,173	1.0	14.2
	Guyana	794,045	74,137	1300	147	0	93,366	1637	17,535	923,396	0.2	0.0
	Paraguay	7,305,843	823,892	20,090	3402	273	112,772	2750	24,384	363,751	0.4	8.0
	Peru	33,684,208	4,550,363	222,161	53,166	11,181	135,089	6595	48,823	1,158,115	1.2	21.0
	Uruguay	3,496,016	1,041,111	7664	1155	86	297,799	2192	7361	1,749,083	0.1	7.4
	Venezuela	29,266,991	552,695	5856	1448	142	18,885	200	10,595	114,771	0.3	9.8
Caribbean	Cuba	11,305,652	1,115,175	8530	2	1	98,639	754	7649	1,268,918	0.0	50.0
	Dominican Republic	11,056,370	671,489	4384	3237	938	60,733	397	6529	338,350	0.5	29.0
	Haiti	11,680,283	34,542	860	808	82	2957	74	24,897	11,337	2.3	10.1
	Jamaica	2,985,094	156,730	3738	4160	428	52,504	1252	23,850	396,633	2.7	10.3
	Trinidad and Tobago	1,406,585	191,496	4390	5082	431	136,143	3121	22,925	649,295	2.7	8.5
Total/Average	LAC	658,952,943	83,551,488	1,774,024	541,339	52,842	126,794	2692	21,232	705,816	0.7	9.8

*Percentage of sequences out of total cases.
**Percentage of recombinants out of sequences.

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Table 1 Absolute and relative COVID-19 metadata in Latin America and the Caribbean until December 2023.

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