Recovery tracker: Higher mobility, power generation as Covid cases decline

Traffic congestion is rising again in major cities

Weekly indicators of economic activity showed signs of improvement as Covid-19 cases continued to decline across India.

India reported fewer than 35,000 daily cases as per the latest reported government numbers. People have been stepping out more as cases declined.

Mobility data from search engine Google shows retail and recreation visits are now higher than they were before the pandemic. Goole uses anonymised location data to track visits to various categories of places compared to a baseline value in early 2020. Visits are now 1.86 per cent higher than before the pandemic took hold. Workplace visits are now 5.14 per