Equity and Protection, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Global
development

Organisations. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN OCHA
Period. 13 – 19 April 2020

We do not have accurate figures on the scale of the outbreak for the nearly 168 million people that according to UNOCHA require humanitarian assistance and protection. In the 30 countries where humanitarian responses are currently underway, there are over 100,000 confirmed cases, including over 2,600 deaths. These figures are believed to be significantly higher due to critical shortages in testing and clinical public health capacity. It also excludes countries like Iran where UN humanitarian agencies do not operate, and where reported cases approach 80,000, including almost 5,000 COVID-related deaths.

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