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Google Maps with COVID data will helps us to navigate in COVID Zones

To know our way / routes in the COVID Containment Zones technology gaint Google have introduced new feature in Google Maps. So that the citizens can navigate themself in the COVID Zones areas. According to Google it will show the users important information like number of covid-19 cases in an area which will help the users to take decisions of whether to go to that particular area or not.

How to use Covid Layer in Google Maps.

When you open Google Maps, tap on the layers button on the top right hand corner of your screen and click on “COVID-19 info”. You’ll then see a seven-day average of new COVID cases per 100,000 people for the area of the map you’re looking at, and a label that indicates whether the cases are trending up or down. Color coding also helps you easily distinguish the density of new cases in an area. Trending case data is visible at the country level for all 220 countries and territories that Google Maps supports, along with state or province, county, and city-level data where available.

Source: https://blog.google/products/maps/navigate-safely-new-covid-data-google-maps/