Recovery Tracker: Dip in mobility, air traffic; freight numbers improve

Improvement in freight, vehicle registration numbers

Many economic indicators showed subdued activity during the latest week.

People moved around less. Workplace visits were down by 0.9 per cent, showed data from search engine Google. It uses anonymised location data to track how people are moving during the pandemic. Transit stations such as bus stops and train stations showed a 1.3 per cent decline.

There was marginally lower traffic congestion in major cities, showed data from global location technology firm TomTom International. In New Delhi, Monday 9 am traffic congestion was 33 per cent below 2019 levels in the latest week compared to the 31 per cent