While the government is calling for cooperation such as refraining from meetings as much as possible to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the number of people on the 26th is lower than the previous week in the downtown areas of major cities compared to before the spread of the virus. The width has increased.
At some airports, the negative margin has narrowed, but it has dropped significantly compared to before the spread of the infection.
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While the government is calling for cooperation such as refraining from meetings as much as possible to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the number of people at 3:00 pm on the 26th was before the spread of the infection, from mid-January to mid-February. It has decreased in many cities compared to the average holidays up to, and the negative range has increased from flat to 19 days in the previous week.
The range of minus is from minus 33% on the 19th to minus 34% around Sapporo / Susukino, from minus 3% to minus 9% around Sendai / Aoba-dori Ichibancho Station, and minus around Tokyo / Shinjuku Station. From 3% to minus 7%, around Osaka / Namba is from minus 18% to minus 19%.
In addition, the number of people around Ginza, Tokyo has increased compared to before the spread of the infection, but the rate of increase has shrunk from + 15% on the 19th to + 9% on the 26th.
On the other hand, looking at the airports in each region, the area around Haneda Airport Terminal 1 went from minus 31% on the 19th to minus 6% on the 26th, and the area around Hokkaido / New Chitose Airport went from minus 52% to minus 18%. The area around Fukuoka Airport is shrinking from minus 26% to minus 11%.
It seems that the background is that the movement of people has started, such as returning home using the year-end and New Year holidays, but the number of people has dropped compared to before the spread of the infection.