UK coronavirus R rate shoots up to 1.4
THE coronavirus R rate has hit 1.4 across the entire country - as cases double every seven days, officials have confirmed.
They estimated the figure to be between a range of 1.1 and 1.4 for the whole of the UK - with the true rate sitting somewhere in the middle. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies also warns the growth rate - which reflects how quickly the number of infections are changing day-by-day - has increased to between +2 per cent and +7 per cent.A Sage spokesperson said: "When the numbers of cases or deaths fall to low levels and/or there is a high degree of variability in transmission across a region, then care should be taken when interpreting estimates of R and the growth rate.
"It is SAGE’s expert view, however, that this week’s estimates are reliable, and that there is widespread growth of the epidemic across the country.
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