COVID-19 Google Maps updates

Devesh Raj
1 min readApr 20, 2021

If your area is affected by COVID-19, you can easily use Google Maps to obtain the relevant pieces of information on impacted places.

Tip: In some regions, you might find additional information related to COVID-19. If you select the alert on the Google Maps home screen, you’ll find locally relevant links based on your current map view.

Search for COVID-19 health facilities

You can search on Google to find a list of facilities near you that offer COVID-19 vaccination and/or testing. Learn more about COVID-19

Turn on the COVID-19 layer

You can view COVID-19 related information as a layer in Google Maps.

  1. On your mobile device, open Google Maps
  2. At the top, tap Layers > COVID-19 info.

The COVID-19 layer displays the 7-day average for the number of new cases per 100,000 people. It also indicates whether cases are increasing or decreasing. The layer’s colors indicate:

  • Grey: Less than 1 case
  • Yellow: 1–10 cases
  • Orange: 10–20 cases
  • Dark orange: 20–30 cases
  • Red: 30–40 cases
  • Dark red: 40+ cases

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Devesh Raj
Devesh Raj

Written by Devesh Raj

Map Analyst at Google Maps. Speaker at Google Developer Group. Ex-CTO of Foodifi #Passionate #Maps, #Android Developer. #Entrepreneur #YouTuber #Speaker

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