Today Alphabet Inc's Google is trading at $1,117.03 (+1.35%). Thursday they published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops, parks, and workplaces dropped in March when many governments issued stay-at-home orders to rein in the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The coronavirus has infected more than 1 million people globally, and COVID-19, the respiratory illness it causes, has killed 52,000, according to a Reuters tally. In Italy, one of the countries hardest hit by the virus, visits retail and recreation locations, including restaurants and movie theaters, plunged 94% while visits to workplaces slid 63%. Reflecting on the severity of the crisis there, grocery and pharmacy visits in Italy dropped 85% and park visits were down by 90%.