Covid-19 lockdown: Northeast states back to work sooner than others

The eight states together account for 2,930 or 1.3 per cent of the around 230,000 cases in the country

The eight north-eastern states have reported a faster recovery in terms of people reporting to work.

Workplace visits are between 73-92 per cent of their pre-lockdown normal, compared to just over 60 per cent for India overall, shows data from Google’s Community Mobility Reports. The reports make use of anonymised location data to identify how people are moving during the Covid-19 pandemic. The visits to each category of location is compared to a pre-lockdown normal in January and February. The numbers are released with a lag. The latest data is as of May 29. Business Standard looked at a seven-day