I also find the significant drop in child abuse cases concerning. (One this year down from five last year.) Hard to tell if five is a "normal" number for this period of time, or if it was an anomaly. But one can only assume that any child abuse cases that may be happening during shelter-in-place are not being reported. So many child abuse cases are reported by people outside the immediate family: school, pediatrician, etc. I spoke recently with a good friend who works with at-risk families in a different community, and she said that child abuse during quarantine is her number one concern. Not only are instances ripe for the possibility of abuse (as mentioned in the article) but there's also no safe space (i.e. school) to spend the bulk of your day in, and no outside individuals to witness any evidence.