Google Maps to show Covid-19 outbreak cases in your neighbourhood

Google Maps has long been a crucial mobile tool for people to navigate most parts of the world. Now, it is all set to bring a new feature to help people avoid traveling to areas with a high density of Covid-19 cases and in turn curb the spread.

“This week, we’re introducing the COVID layer in Maps, a tool that shows critical information about COVID-19 cases in an area so you can make more informed decisions about where to go and what to do,” Sujoy Banerjee Product Manager, Google Maps said.

Google Maps will offer a seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people for the area of the map the users look at. Additionally, it will have a label that indicates whether the cases are trending up or down.