Health
England brings in more local restrictions as COVID-19 rate soars – Sydney Morning Herald
The spread of the coronavirus is accelerating across all parts of England, with one study suggesting cases were doubling each week.
According to a government-backed surveillance project, the infection rate is rising across all age groups, apart from those over 65, and cases are no longer clustering in hospitals or care homes as they were a few months ago.
The researchers at Imperial College calculated the reproduction “R” number of COVID-19 infections in England, which measures how many people an infected person will pass the disease to, is at 1.7, indicating the epidemic is growing.
The government’s official R estimate fo…
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