Traveling? Use Google Maps’ new COVID-19 layer to check local exposure rates and trends – TechRadar

Google has created a new, optional “COVID-19 Info” filter that, when activated, color-codes your app to show the severity of coronavirus cases in your area. 
The app will show a “seven-day average of new COVID cases per 100,000 people”, as well as an arrow symbol indicating “whether the cases are trending up or down,” explained Google Maps Product Manager Sujoy Banerjee in a blog post.
As you zoom in or out, you should be able to see COVID-19 averages at the national, state, county and city-wi…

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