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Coronavirus R rate could be above 1 in some parts of England, health experts warn
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mirror.co.ukThe reproductive rate of coronavirus could be above one in some parts of England, experts from Public Health England have warned.
The crucial figure remains between 0.7 and 0.9 on average in the UK - suggesting the average patient is infecting slightly less than one other person.
But new estimates today suggest it is between 0.7 and 1.0 in England, 1 in the South West and 1.01 in the North West. The R rate measures how many people with the coronavirus are infected, on average, by a single case of Covid-19.
Below one and the spread is slowing and the infection rate will go down. Above one and it is spreading and the infection rate could rise.
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