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Coronavirus R number fell below one before lockdown during rainy weather, study claims
lockdown, according to a study that analysed thousands of coronavirus tests. Imperial College London’s React study, which draws on infection data between October 26 and November 2, suggests it stood at 0.85 before coronavirus restrictions were re-introduced on November 5.Based on 74,000 random swab test, the fall in infections came before half term and reached a low point on October 30, according to the study.It then increased a little in the final few days of the study up to November 2.