Google Maps Will Now Display Coronavirus Outbreaks And Cases

Google Maps Will Now Display Coronavirus Outbreaks And Cases

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Google Maps will now highlight coronavirus case counts around the world and how bad outbreaks are in each region, Google announced Wednesday, with a new layer dedicated to information about the pandemic.

A woman in protective gear hands a test kit to a person in a car at a drive-through COVID-19 testing ... [+] site in Inglewood, California, on April 27, 2020. (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)



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The new feature will display the seven-day average for Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people for the map area that a viewer is looking at, as well as whether cases are trending upward or downward.





The map, which