Official coronavirus R rate goes UP
Sage also estimates the growth rate, which reflects how quickly the number of infections are changing.
The North West, North East and Yorkshire are both reporting a shrinking in outbreaks of -4 to -2 per cent every day, while the South West is at -4 to 0 per cent.R0, or R nought, refers to the average number of people that one infected person can expect to pass the coronavirus on to. It's also worth pointing out that the R0 is a measure of how infectious a disease is, but not how deadly.
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