Haiti’s Civil Protection Directorate reports that the quake has claimed over 2,200 lives, injured more than 12,250 people and destroyed or damaged nearly 130,000 houses. UNICEF also notes that scores of water supply and healthcare facilities and hundreds of schools have been damaged.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that about 800,000 people need vital relief assistance and that there is a heightened the risk of another wave of COVID-19 infections. This has prompted the UN to issue an emergency appeal for US $187.3 million.