UK virus R rate suggests epidemic growing – Bellingen Courier Sun

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 says, 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 per cent and 1 per cent, up from -4 per cent to -1 per cent.
The R number represents the average number of people that one infected person will pass…

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