4 Weeks After Social Distancing Lifted, Mobility Down 7.9% Compared to Previous Week (Update)

1.6% Decrease Compared to the Same Period in 2019 Before the COVID-19 Outbreak

On the last day of the extended holiday, the 8th, a movie theater in Seoul is bustling with visitors./Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] The nationwide mobility, which surged due to the early May holidays, decreased by 7.9%, falling below the 2019 level.

On the 18th, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters analyzed mobile phone mobility data provided by Statistics Korea and found that the nationwide mobility from the 9th to the 15th of this month, the fourth week after the social distancing measures were lifted, was recorded at 260.75 million cases. This is a 7.9% decrease compared to the mobility from the 2nd to the 8th, which included holidays.

Compared to the same period in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak, it is also 1.6% (4.29 million cases) lower.

Earlier, during the third week after the lifting of social distancing, from the 2nd to the 9th, mobility exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels for the first time due to holidays such as Children's Day and Parents' Day. The total was 283.25 million cases, which was 1.3% higher than the same period in 2019.

By region, the metropolitan area recorded 139.04 million cases, a 1.2% decrease from the previous week, while non-metropolitan areas recorded 121.71 million cases, a 14.6% decrease from the previous week.

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