During the first week of the COVID-19 lockdown, the South African Police Service received 2,320 complaints of gender-based violence. This is 37% higher than the weekly average during 2019. Similarly, during the first two weeks of lockdown in Spain, the emergency number for domestic violence received 18% more calls than it did in the same period a month earlier.
(https://bit.ly/2wmKN6v, https://nyti.ms/39LibBq)