new delhi in a sign of a return to normalcy footfall at supermarkets pharmacies and public transport hubs has increased significantly compared with prepandemic level says googles covid19 community mobility report for delhi at the same time however visits at retail and recreation spots shopping centres and cinemas fell 20 against the figures for early precovid 2020the report published by the tech giant takes the median value for the fiveweek period from january 3 to february 6 2020 as the baseline against this baseline mobility has been tracked with current data data for this coming from users who opted for location history on their google account while adhering to stringent privacy protocols the report compares the baseline against the period between february 16 and march 30 this yearthe figures however swing widely in different districts of the capital the biggest rise in mobility has been in the supermarket and pharmacy category where visits have gone up 11 against the prepandemic baseline while visits to locations under this category has gone up across the city the extent differs massively among the districts for instance while northeast district saw an increase of 70 and north 59 against the baseline central and southeast districts only registered a 6 growth this could be because residents in these areas buy such items of daily need in bulk or order onlinethe city also saw visits to public transport hubs such as delhi metro stations bus stops and railway stations go up 2 however the districtwise variations in this regard swing widely among the districts such visits went up 42 in northeast but dipped 10 in new delhi 7 in east and 2 in southeast district indicating that many people are still working from home or preferring private vehicles for travelmobility trends for places such as restaurants cafs shopping centres theme parks museums libraries and cinemas had a major dip of 20 while visits to parks and public gardens slipped 17another interesting insight provided by the report is that mobility in areas around workplaces slid 6 on average while around residential areas it rose around 5 indicating many people still prefer working from home