A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Outbreak situation in India

Rajan Gupta; Saibal Kumar Pal; Gaurav Pandey

The copyright holder for this preprint As per the Google's method of calculation, every day changes for the number of visits and length of stay at different places were compared the baseline values. The baseline value was considered as the median value for the corresponding day of the week. There were six different categories which were considered important for social distancing and there was a significant drop down seen in five of these categories. In Figure 5 , Graph shows a 77% decline as compared to the baseline in the visits at Retail and recreation places like restaurants, cafes, shopping centers, theme parks, movie theatres, etc.; 65% decline as compared to the baseline 11 in the visits to the Grocery & pharmacy places like markets, food shops, farmer places, drug stores, pharmacies, etc.; 57% decline as compared to the baseline in the visits to the Parks like public beaches, dog parks, marinas, national gardens, public gardens, etc.; 71% decline as compared to the baseline in the transit stations like bus stations, public transports, metro stations, train stations, etc.; and 47% decline as compared to the baseline at the Workplaces like private and government offices. It was seen that a 22% increase as compared to the baseline was observed at the residential places which implies that more Indians are now staying at their homes. All these numbers cannot be 100% as a lot of frontline health workers, administrators, pharmacists, grocery store owners and people involved in other essential services were on duty during the lockdown as well. However, the basic purpose of lockdown to maintain social distancing has been achieved to good potential. Citizens are spending more time at their homes as compared to crowded places. So it can be said that Indian citizens have been able to follow the lockdown effectively.