Social distancing numbers compiled at the University of Maryland indicate D.C. residents are doing better at it than almost any state in the country, and Maryland is not far behind.
The numbers were compiled by the Maryland Transportation Institute, which is based at the university.
Using privacy-protected data from cell phones along with information from the government and healthcare industry, researchers are giving a “social distancing index” score to every state and county in the U.S. Essentially, a score of zero represents no social distancing, 100 is perfect social distancing.
As of Tuesday, Hawaii and New York led the nation with scores of 73, followed by New Jersey with 72, and then D.C. with 71.
After Michigan with 67, Maryland was next with a score of 66. Meanwhile, Virginia was tied for 19th in the country with a score of 58, while West Virginia was tied for 34th with a score of 53.