THE coronavirus R rate in England has fallen below the crucial threshold of 1 – as new regional stats show it’s plummeted in the South West. Across England, the Covid reproduction numbe…
THE coronavirus R rate in England has fallen below the crucial threshold of 1 - as new regional stats show it's plummeted in the South West.
Regional rates have either remained the same, or fallen with the South West recording the biggest drop from 0.8 to 1.1 last week to 0.6 to 0.9 this week. The UK's four chief medical officers agreed to reduce the alert level after considering two factors, the number of confirmed cases at any one time and the R rate - the scientific measure of how fast the virus is spreading.The R rate represents the average number of people one infected person will pass Covid-19 on to.Since the outbreak began, the R rate has been higher in places like care homes and hospitals, when compared with the community as a whole.
As a result, for the first time the Government, has published the coronavirus 'growth' rates, for the UK, England and the regions.The Government said today: "It is an approximation of the change of number of infections each day."If the growth rate is less than zero then the disease will shrink."The currently growth rate for the UK as a whole is -4% to -2%, while in England it stands at -4% to -1% - indicating the epidemic is shrinking faster in the UK than in England.
The R value and growth rate for the UK and England paint a hopeful picture of an epidemic that is heading in the right direction.
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