Recovery tracker: Workplace visits rise despite spurt in Covid-19 cases

Dip in power generation, vehicle registrations from previous week

Employers have more people coming in to work despite the spike in Covid-19 cases.

The total number of cases was 17,073 according to a government release on Monday, up 33.6 per cent from a week ago.

Workplace visits are now 21 per cent above what was seen in a baseline period for 2020 before Covid-19 took hold. This is higher than the 18 per cent rise seen a week ago, shows mobility data from search engine Google. It uses anonymised location data to track how people are moving during the pandemic. Retail and recreation visits were down in the same