
Shops, recreation facilities, workplaces, and transport hubs were deserted as people heeded the lockdown warnings
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Shops, recreation facilities, workplaces, and transport hubs were deserted as people heeded the lockdown warnings
Find out how lockdown changed life in your area...
The category covers places like restaurants, cafes, shopping centers, theme parks, museums, libraries, and cinemas - most of which have been ordered to shut by the government.
The low number of visits that are still taking place may reflect a move by some businesses to offer takeaway services.
This decrease is due to the public being encouraged to work from home unless absolutely necessary
Even for the places the public is still allowed to go, the message to only make essential trips appears to be being taken on board
With the public doing as asked and staying home to help beat coronavirus, unsurprisingly the data show the amount of time we’re at home is up in
From anonymised data from people opting-in to Google location history. The most recent data from May 25.
Visits to retail and recreation locations are down by 64% compared to the baseline
Trips to workplaces down 77%
Visits to transport hubs down 60%
Footfall at food shops was down 23%
Trips to parks up 136%
People are spending 24% more time than usual at home.