Google Maps Now Lets Customers View COVID-19 Containment Zones in Mumbai

Google Maps has began displaying demarcated containment zones in Mumbai. The newest change comes by the ‘COVID-19 Information’ layer that Google launched globally a few weeks again to color code the areas contaminated with COVID-19 instances. The search big mentioned in a press release that it was working intently with Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) for sourcing details about containment zones within the metropolis. Earlier this yr, Google Maps acquired an replace to convey the power to seek for COVID-19 testing centres in India.

With the brand new replace, Google Maps customers in Mumbai can get particulars of containment zones of their metropolis. The function is out there on each Android and iOS units and is part of the most recent Google Maps launch.

“As folks and companies emerge from the lockdown, entry to clear details about COVID-19 containment zones as beneficial by the authorities in Mumbai will allow customers to make higher selections as they transfer across the metropolis,” a Google spokesperson mentioned in a ready assertion.

You’ll want to choose the COVID-19 Information layer button on the Google Maps app and zoom out a bit of to view all of the containment zones within the metropolis. Devices 360 was in a position to see the containment zones on the Google Maps model 10.51.1 for Android and model 5.54 for iOS.

Though the brand new replace is proscribed to Mumbai, customers in different cities throughout India can even leverage the newly launched COVID-19 Information layer on Google Maps to entry state-level COVID-19 statistics. The layer overlays the variety of new COVID-19 instances (on a seven-day common) indicated per 1,00,00zero customers. The development within the variety of instances in that state could be seen when a person zooms out to view their total state.

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