May 2020 ended with a 100 percent increase in North American interest in Aliyah compared to May 2019, with a record-breaking number of immigration applications. Many of the 800 applicants said that the coronavirus helped prompt a decision they long had in the making.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/may-sees-record-breaking-interest-in-aliyah-from-north-america/
https://www.jns.org/coronavirus-helps-spur-north-americans-to-make-record-setting-aliyah/