Although the number of people in the downtown area of Tokyo at night has been declining since the end of last month, it has more than doubled compared to the time of the first state of emergency declared last year, according to an analysis by Tokyo experts. I did.
We analyzed the new coronavirus countermeasures, "Tokyo iCDC" made by experts who give suggestions and advice to Tokyo.
Based on the location information of mobile phones collected in a form that does not identify individuals, people who stay for more than 15 minutes in seven downtown areas in Tokyo, such as Kabukicho in Shinjuku and the center district in Shibuya, eat and drink except for commuting to work or school. We analyzed the trends of people who seem to have visited stores.
According to this, from the week of the 20th of last month before the state of emergency was issued, the number of people at night has been decreasing, and the week from the 10th of this month is from 8 pm compared to the same period last year. It decreased by 75% until 10 pm and by 72% from 10 pm to 12 pm.
On the other hand, compared to the lowest value at the time of the first state of emergency declared last year, it increased by 2.1 times from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm and 1.9 times from 10:00 pm to 12:00 pm.
Atsushi Nishida, director of the Center for Social Health Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, said, "We need to continue to control the flow of people in downtown areas and those who stay at night."