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Coronavirus R rate has now fallen below one in England, expert claims – Yahoo New Zealand News
The R rate has been hovering just above 1 in most regions over the past few weeks.
A woman wearing a face mask walks over Westminster Bridge. (Getty)
The coronavirus R number has fallen below one in England because of the nationwide lockdown, an expert has claimed.
The R rate, which represents the average number of people that one infected person will pass on a virus to, has been hovering just above 1 in most regions over the past few weeks.
But statistician Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter said on Sunday the data clearly showed that infection rates were coming down, and he predicted…
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