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UK COVID-19 R rate rises to 0.9-1.1, epidemic could be growing – Reuters UK
The reproduction “R” number of COVID-19 infections in the United Kingdom has risen and may now be above 1, the Government Office for Science said on Friday, indicating a risk that the overall epidemic is growing.
LONDON (Reuters) – The reproduction “R” number of COVID-19 infections in the United Kingdom has risen and may now be above 1, the Government Office for Science said on Friday, indicating a risk that the overall epidemic is growing.
The UK R number is between 0.9 and 1.1, the government said, up from 0.8-1.0 last week. The daily growth rate for the UK as a whole is between -3% and 1%, up from -4% to -1%.
The R number represents the average number of people that one infected person will pass t…
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