BREAKING: UK coronavirus death toll hits 45,677 after another 123 die
A further 123 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the UK death toll to 45,677.
It comes as weekly figures show the growth rate of coronavirus transmission in the UK remains at a similar level to last week. The R rate, or reproduction number, is still 0.7 to 0.9.Visit our live blog for the latest updates:Data published by the Government on Friday revealed the growth rate is now at -4% to -1% per day, compared with a rate of -5% to -1% per day last week.
Across England however, the growth rate remains unchanged at between -4% and zero, while the R value is 0.8 to 1.0.It does not indicate how quickly an epidemic is changing and different diseases with the same R can result in epidemics that grow at very different speeds. Dr Yuliya Kyrychko, Reader in Mathematics at the University of Sussex, said: ‘It is very reassuring to see the R number estimates to be below or equal to one in all regions.
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