SELECT 
  COUNT(*) AS cnt 
FROM 
  cscart_vendor_locations

Query time 0.00029

JSON explain

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      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "cscart_vendor_locations",
          "access_type": "index",
          "key": "locality_country_idx",
          "key_length": "292",
          "used_key_parts": ["locality", "country"],
          "loops": 1,
          "rows": 2,
          "cost": 0.00693929,
          "filtered": 100,
          "using_index": true
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}