Apple’s COVID-19 Response

During the earnings call, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook also shared what the company has been doing in response to the ongoing global health crisis, announcing that the company has now shipped a total of 7.5 million face shields to medical workers around the world since beginning the new program earlier this month, and that it’s continuing to build and ship a million new face shields each week.

Cook also added that Apple’s new COVID-19 screening app has surpassed two million downloads, and the web-based version of the app has been accessed by 3 million unique visitors.

Apple has also sourced and donated more than 20 million N95 masks to healthcare workers worldwide, along with millions of dollars to a wide variety of causes supporting both those who are struggling with economic uncertainty to assisting medical professionals and researchers in the fight against COVID-19.