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>> DATA OUT TODAY SUGGEST THOSE WHO LIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY ARE NOT STAYING HOME AS MUCH AS OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. RENEE WUNDERLICH JOINS US FROM GREENVILLE COUNTY. RENEE: THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE USED CELL PHONE DATA TO TRACK MOVEMENT. HOW FAR ON AVERAGE WERE PEOPLE TRAVELING? THEY REPORTED ON MOVEMENT FROM 15 MILLION PEOPLE BASED ON ANONYMOUS CELL PHONE DATA. THIS MEANS IF A CELL PHONE WAS SHOWN TO BE MOVING AROUND, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE PHONES OWNER WAS TRAVELING. GREENVILLE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA TOPPED THE CHART WITH AN AVERAGE OF 3.4 MILES A DAY TRAVELED. THE DATA SHOWS THE WEEKLY MEDIAN MILES HAVE DECREASED. THE MEDIAN DISTANCE TRAVELED FOR CELL PHONES IN GREENVILLE COUNTY DROPPED .65 MILES PER DAY. WHILE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DOES NOT HAVE A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, AND NORTH CAROLINA DO. HENRY MCMASTER ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME. WE SPOKE WITH SOME RESIDENTS INCLUDING ONE MAN OVER THE PHONE. >> COUNTIES THAT CONTINUE TO DRIVE MORE THAN TWO MILES APPEAR TO BE RURAL. CHARLESTON AND GREENVILLE COUNTY WERE LESS THAN TWO MILES. I GREW UP IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE MORE THAN TWO MILES TO GET ANYTHING. I THINK THE DATA MIGHT BE SKEWED TO LOOK LIKE THE SOUTHEAST IS LESS COMPLIANT WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS. WHICH IS JUST THE NATURE. RENEE: THE GREENVILLE MAYOR SAYS THERE APPEARS TO BE A DISCREPANCY IN THE DATA. SPARTANBURG SHOWS MORE MOVEMENT. WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK. IT ONLY INCLUDES COUNTIES WITH MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY SPARTANBURG COUNTY IS NOT ON THE TOP OF THE LIST AND GREENVILLE COUNTY IS. THE GREENVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEET TOMORROW TO VOTE ON AN EMERGENCY ORDER TO URGE THE GOVERNOR TO PUT FORWARD A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER FOR ALL OF SOUTH

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Data suggests residents in Greenville County are not staying home as much as others around the country, according to a report from The New York Times. The New York Times did an analysis of cellphone data, compiled by Cuebiq, which showed Greenville County had people traveling the farthest between Feb. 28 and March 27.The data looked at counties with 500,000 people or more and showed folks in Greenville County traveled an average of 3.4 miles. Second on the list was Jefferson County, Alabama with 3.1 miles. For the complete list, click here. The data is based on anonymous cellphone data from 15 million people.WYFF News 4 Investigates also looked at the Cuebig data. We found the following: The week of March 9, every county in South Carolina was at or above typical distance traveled (35 of 46 counties at or above 4 miles) By the following week – every county was below yearly average (no county above 4 miles – Charleston the lowest at 3.28, Greenville near the bottom at 3.46) The week of March 23 – every county was at 3.66 miles or lower – Charleston below 3 miles – Greenville the 7th lowest at 3.24 miles. Most counties actually saw a slight increase the week of March 30 – Greenville now the fifth lowest in the state at 3.33 miles. Here is a look at the weekly median in miles for Greenville County: March 2 – 3.98 miles March 9– 3.97 miles March 16 – 3.46 miles March 23 – 3.24 miles March 30 – 3.33 miles From the start of the month to the end of the month, the median distance traveled for cell phones in Greenville County dropped .65 miles per day.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The New York Times report said that data suggests that Americans in wide swaths of the West, Northeast and Midwest have complied with orders from state and local officials to stay home.“In areas where public officials have resisted or delayed stay-at-home orders, people changed their habits far less,” the article said. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has ordered nonessential business to close but has not called for a stay-at-home order for the state as of Thursday morning. “Sheltering in place is protective and clearly reduces people’s contact with others, but the existing evidence that the policy can effectively contain an epidemic within a large population is uncertain,” experts told The New York Times. NOTE: Cuebiq calculated distance traveled by measuring a line between opposite corners of a box drawn around the locations observed for each person on each day. The travel for each county is the median of these per-person distances. 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