Coronavirus R number could be 1 in every area of England except one

mirror.co.uk:

The UK's coronavirus growth rate has increased slightly in the last week and the R number could be one in almost every region in England.

New figures published by the government show the growth rate is now at minus 5% to minus 1%, compared with a rate of minus 5% to minus 2% per day, last week.

The reproduction number, referred to as R, remains at 0.7 to 0.9 across the UK. The figures are published by the Government Office for Science and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).

The growth rate reflects how quickly the number of infections is changing day by day and, as the number of infections decreases, it is a way of keeping track of the virus.