Table 3 The mutational comparison of selected miRs found on the Wuhan genome compared to other SARS-CoV-2 strains isolated from different geographical regions. % represents the number of viral genome sequences with a single base change in that miR sequence. n = number of viral genomes analysed. miRs Alignment Wuhan/China Italy Spain France England USA India n = 28 n = 44 n = 133 n = 104 n = 104 n = 104 n = 34 hsa-miR-8066 ccaaaagaucacauug 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-5197-3p auucgaagacccagucccuacuu 0 0 0 0 0 0.9% 0 hsa-miR-3611 ugagaagcaagaaauucuu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-3934-3p ucagguuggacagcugg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1307-3p accgaggccacgcggagu 3.5% 2.2% 8.27% 1.92% 2.88% 2.88% 38.23% hsa-miR-3691-3p gagauguugacacagacuuugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1468-5p cucaguuugccuguuu 0 0 2.25% 0.96% 0 0 8.83% hsa-miR-3120-5p uguagaggaggcaaagacag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-3914 caucucacuugcugguuccu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-3672 ugagucucauggaaaaca 0 0 0.75% 0.96% 0 0 0 hsa-miR-378c acugggcauugauuuagaugagugg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-7107-3p ccaaaaagagaaagucaaca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1287-5p acucaaaccacugaaacagc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-10397-5p uucuucaccugaugcugu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-584-3p gccugguuugccuggcac 0 0 0.75% 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-3085-3p ucuggcuguuauggcc 0 0 0 0 0 0.96% 0 hsa-miR-3191-3p cugucuauccaguugcgucacca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-3529-3p uggcagacgggcgauuuuguu 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.94% hsa-miR-3682-5p auagcacaaguagauguag 0 0 0 0 0 0.96% 0 hsa-miR-148b-3p aaguucuaugaugcacag 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-129-2-3p ugauuuuuguggaaagggcu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0