Call it quarantine fatigue or just sheer necessity but many more people across the country are stepping out of their homes than they did in the previous month. Visits to grocery and medical shops, which were down by 64% on an average during March, were down only by 47% during April indicating that consumers were making regular visits to stock up.
Similarly, March had a 65% drop in office-goers but in April this became 58%. Total visits to parks, which on average were down 53% in March, went down further to 64% during April but that’s probably because parks shut rather than people staying away. Retail and recreation spots such as malls and restaurants witnessed a sharp drop in movement for the same reason. In Kerala, where the Covid case load is lower, many more went for a walk in the park as well as making trips to grocers and chemists.
The findings are based on national movement da