Covid-19 activity levels begin to rebound.

[2greys]

Activity levels during lockdown in Britain's busiest regions including Greater London, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands have begun to rebound following successive week-by-week declines, according to new UCL analysis of geographical data.

Combining in-app mobile data with demographic indicators, the researchers found that activity levels—defined as the number of unique mobile devices used per hour in each study area—declined during the first five weeks of lockdown, but have ticked up since the 19th April.

Professor James Cheshire, UCL Geography and Deputy Director of the ESRC Consumer Data Research Centre, said: “Our analysis suggests that people have been adhering to the lockdown rules and taking them very seriously over the first month or so. But by early May we’ve started to see a shift with more activity in recent days. It may be that people have started to increase their movements in anticipation of the government announcement expected this weekend for easing lockdown.”

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[2greys]

The lockdown is beginning to crumble, not good news.

[Badbessie in reply to 2greys]

I have been following the state of Georgia in America. They starting easing their own lockdown two weeks ago. Sadly they now report a 40% increase in Covid infection rates. No doubt in two or three weeks we will see a corresponding rise in death rates. The report above in reality confirms the report by the AA on the news this morning which as seen a rise in car use and calls for help. It does not bode well.

[Huacaya20 in reply to Badbessie]

I live the experimental state of Georgia in the US, and I am deeply concerned.

I am 70 with stage IV emphysema , so I am requested to stay in by executive order of the governor. Until June 12.

But I still am upset to see this happening in order to save the economy .

I agree with you, so many lives in danger.

[Beth1949]

We have to take it slowly, even tho the US states have started easing up restrictions, we still need to take precautions.

We live in a fairly low risk area of the states. I was at the grocery store yesterday (wearing a mask and using hand sanitizer) and there was a family that looked to be a grandmother, daughter with a baby and 3 other children. None were wearing masks. There was no reason for all 6 members of a family to be at risk. I see less and less of the wearing of masks.

We all need to keep safe and healthy, Beth