Chicago uses anonymized cellphone data to show progress of COVID-19 measures

Source: Smart Cities Dive Published: April 17, 2020

Dive Brief:

  • Chicago residents stayed home nearly 80% of the time last week, according to a new data analysis of cellphone and mobile device movement, collected by health data company BlueDot. 

  • In February and early March, data from BlueDot revealed that Chicago residents were only home an average of 59%-64% of the time.

  • Mayor Lori Lightfoot said this data shows that Chicago is flattening its curve of COVID-19 cases. The rate of cases now doubles every 12 days, compared to last month’s rate of doubling every 2-3 days. 

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