Change in daily step count due to COVID-19 in CEE 2020, by country

Published by Małgorzata Puzio, Dec 9, 2022
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had an impact on people's mobility, including foot traffic. In the countries of Central Eastern Europe, a sharp decline in the amount of steps walked each day was noticed in the week of March 16. It was most significant in Romania, with a 24 percent decrease in the Fitbit step count of its inhabitants.
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Change in people's daily step count during the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in selected Central Eastern European countries in March 2020

WeekJan 27 - Feb 2Feb 3-9Feb 10-16Feb 17-23Feb 24 - Mar 1Mar 2-8Mar 9-15Mar 16-22
Estonia -1% 3% -2% 1% 1% 3% 0% -12%
Russia 2% 0% -1% 2% -1% 0% -5% -17%
Poland 0% 0% -2% -2% -3% -2% -9% -18%
Czechia -1% -2% -5% -3% -4% -1% -6% -20%
Romania 3% 2% 0% 1% -1% -3% -9% -24%
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-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%

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March 2020

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Survey time period

January 27 to March 22, 2020

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Data collected from Fitbit users.

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