New York (CNN Business) People are staying home and they're buying a lot of booze — especially online.

Online alcoholic beverage sales increased 387% for the week ending April 11, which is roughly a month after shelter-in-place orders began taking effect because of the coronavirus pandemic

Online sales aren't growing quite as quickly as the previous week when ecommerce booze sales grew 441%. Still, the numbers are the fastest-growing sector Nielsen measures in the alcohol space. Customers are staying at home and gravitating toward delivery.

Total alcohol sales that week grew 26.2%, according to Nielsen, which compared the first full week of April to the same time a year ago.

For Drizly, the coronavirus pandemic has been a boon. The startup delivers alcohol from stores to customers in nearly 200 US cities. Sales have been so strong that its growth keeps breaking the previous week's record. New customers have doubled and are currently making up 33% of the company's total sales.

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