Despite some lessening of restrictions on outdoor activities in Pennsylvania by Governor Tom Wolf, Montgomery County residents are still not sprinting out the door of their homes, write Kevin Schaul, Brittany Renee Mayes, and Bonnie Berkowitz for The Washington Post.

After a peak period of sheltering in place in the first half of April, residents are beginning to leave their homes very slowly and cautiously, according to new GPS data provided by SafeGraph.

In early March, the average time local residents spent at home was between 70 and 75 percent. During the first week of April, that number had climbed to over 98 percent and stayed in that range for the next few weeks.

Since the end of last month, that number has started to go down again, but only slightly, with Montgomery County residents still spending a whopping 97 percent of their time at home.

And according to the data, when people are leaving their homes, they are going mainly to grocery stores and parks to enjoy the weather. Meanwhile, the number of people who are going back to their workplace has barely risen since mid-March.

Read more about staying at home patterns at The Washington Post by clicking here.

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