Using Google Community Mobility Reports to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States

In 2020 Google released a set of Community Mobility Reports (GCMR). These reports are based on the company's location-tracking capabilities and measure changes in mobility with respect to a baseline. This novel source of data offers an opportunity to investigate potential correlations between m...

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Main Author: Antonio Paez
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Language:English
Published: Findings Press 2020-05-01
Series:Findings
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.12976
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description In 2020 Google released a set of Community Mobility Reports (GCMR). These reports are based on the company's location-tracking capabilities and measure changes in mobility with respect to a baseline. This novel source of data offers an opportunity to investigate potential correlations between mobility and incidence of COVID-19. Using data from the New York Times on COVID-19 cases and GCMR, this paper presents an analysis of mobility levels and incidence of COVID-19 by state in the US. The results provide insights about the utility and interpretability of GCMR for COVID-19 research and decision-making.
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spelling doaj-art-51d5ec075c0744a8a2a0f54e89371cfb2025-08-20T02:07:23ZengFindings PressFindings2652-88002020-05-0110.32866/001c.12976Using Google Community Mobility Reports to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in the United StatesAntonio PaezIn 2020 Google released a set of Community Mobility Reports (GCMR). These reports are based on the company's location-tracking capabilities and measure changes in mobility with respect to a baseline. This novel source of data offers an opportunity to investigate potential correlations between mobility and incidence of COVID-19. Using data from the New York Times on COVID-19 cases and GCMR, this paper presents an analysis of mobility levels and incidence of COVID-19 by state in the US. The results provide insights about the utility and interpretability of GCMR for COVID-19 research and decision-making.https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.12976
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title Using Google Community Mobility Reports to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States
title_full Using Google Community Mobility Reports to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States
title_fullStr Using Google Community Mobility Reports to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States
title_full_unstemmed Using Google Community Mobility Reports to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States
title_short Using Google Community Mobility Reports to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States
title_sort using google community mobility reports to investigate the incidence of covid 19 in the united states
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