Introduction: Clade GR (
D614G +
G204R in the
nucleocapsid (
N) protein; reference sequence: EPI_ISL_850687) is currently dominating Africa (41.1%), Asia (52.7%), Oceania (74.8%), and South America (66.8%), while GH (
D614G +
Q57H in the
NS3 protein; reference sequence: EPI_ISL_861025) reigns in North America (59.0%).