See also: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 184#Expanding class=wikitable to make tables accessible to blind, and to align cell text. There is a Phabricator task to make left alignment of a column much easier: T2418. Easier and better alignment within Wiki Tables.

Table column is from COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory#Pandemic by region.

To understand why these tables are here see:

Row headers with default gray background edit

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Row headings,
option A
Region
South America
North America
South Asia
European Union and the UK
Middle East
Central Asia and Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central America
Other Europe
Oceania and islands in East Asia
North Africa
East Asia
Caribbean
Totals
Row headings,
option B
Region
South America
North America
South Asia
European Union and the UK
Middle East
Central Asia and Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central America
Other Europe
Oceania and islands in East Asia
North Africa
East Asia
Caribbean
Totals
Row headings,
option C
Region
South America
North America
South Asia
European Union and the UK
Middle East
Central Asia and Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central America
Other Europe
Oceania and islands in East Asia
North Africa
East Asia
Caribbean
Totals

Light yellow background for better contrast. Especially for the visually impaired edit

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I think class=wikitable should be changed from a gray background to a light yellow background for all row header cells. Maybe column headers too.

Region
South America
North America
South Asia
European Union and the UK
Middle East
Central Asia and Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central America
Other Europe
Oceania and islands in East Asia
North Africa
East Asia
Caribbean
Totals
Region
South America
North America
South Asia
European Union and the UK
Middle East
Central Asia and Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central America
Other Europe
Oceania and islands in East Asia
North Africa
East Asia
Caribbean
Totals
Region
South America
North America
South Asia
European Union and the UK
Middle East
Central Asia and Russia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central America
Other Europe
Oceania and islands in East Asia
North Africa
East Asia
Caribbean
Totals