The number of people in each region has decreased significantly due to the so-called fifth wave of the new coronavirus, but it has been on the rise for the past two months.

NHK uses the location information data of mobile phones collected by the IT-related company "Agoop" with the permission of the user in a form that does not identify individuals, and uses the data of the location information of people during the daytime hours of holidays in various places. I analyzed the number.



At many points, the number of people decreased significantly during the so-called fifth wave of the new coronavirus, but it has been increasing recently due to the decrease in the number of infected people and the cancellation of the state of emergency.



For example, comparing the number of people on Sunday, November 7th, with the number of people on holidays, which decreased the most in the 5th wave,


▽ near Sapporo Station

, the number of people

increased 1.6 times compared to August 22nd.



Also,


near Sendai Station, it is 1.8 times that of August 22nd.



▽ The area around Tokyo Station is 1.9 times that of August 29.



▽ In the vicinity of Toyama Station, it is 3.6 times that of September 5.



▽ The area around Kyoto Station is 1.8 times larger than August 14.



And, in the


vicinity of ▽ Hakata Station, it is 2.1 times as much as on August 14th.