Weekend after declaring the declaration in 39 prefectures Continue to refrain from going out to a certain extent New Corona May 19 16:00

The first weekend after the declaration of an emergency due to the spread of new coronavirus infection was lifted in 39 prefectures, the number of people visiting commercial and tourist facilities in the lifted areas did not increase significantly, and the refraining from going out to a certain extent, The analysis result that it was continued was summarized from the usage situation of public wireless LANs nationwide.

An IT company in Shizuoka prefecture that conducts access analysis of Internet communications, etc., can access 31 types of facilities such as supermarkets, restaurants, stations, etc. from the access status of about 500,000 free public wireless LANs that can be used in towns across the country. We analyzed the congestion situation without identifying individuals.

The analysis shows the average of 16th and 17th of this month, which was the first weekend after the declaration of emergency was lifted in 39 prefectures, and the average of 2nd to 6th of this month in the latter half of the long holiday period, and before the spread of infection. It was held in comparison with the average of Saturday and Sunday in January.

As a result, in the area where the declaration was lifted, the number of people in 28 types of facilities increased compared to during the long holidays, but compared to January, museums and galleries were minus 74%, hotels and inns were minus 89%, and expressways were high. The service area was minus 82%, which means that the number of visitors did not increase significantly, and the self-restraint of going out was continued to some extent.

However, at amusement facilities such as pachinko and arcades, it decreased 47% compared to January, but the number of people increased by more than five times that of large holidays, and department stores were 64% less than in January It was about 4 times more.

According to Yoshiyuki Koizumi of the IT company "Geolocation Technology", who analyzed the data, said, "Although there were some movements to relieve self-restraint, as a whole, we continued to refrain from going out after the emergency declaration was lifted. It seems that there is. "