Recovery tracker: Fewer flyers as Omicron weighs on weekly indicators

Several metrics show signs of lower activity than the previous week

The latest week saw vehicle registrations drop even as people spent more time at home and took fewer flights.

Economic activity showed continued signs of being affected by the third wave of Covid-19. There were 2,58,089 new cases detected over the previous 24 hours, according to government data released on Monday. Cases have been rising amid the spread of a new variant, Omicron.

Time spent in residences was the highest in nearly six months, showed mobility data from search engine Google. It tracks people’s movements using anonymised location data. It is compared to a base value for the same day