UK coronavirus R number is rising 'and continues to creep up', government Sage scientists warn
manchestereveningnews.co.ukhereScientists from Sage said this week's estimates are reliable and that there is "widespread growth of the epidemic across the country."Sage explained that an R number between 1.3 and 1.6 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 13 and 16 other people.A growth rate of between + 5 per cent and + 9 per cent means the number of new infections is growing daily by between 5 per cent to 9 per cent, with the most likely value towards the middle of that range.For the North West, the R rate is between 1.2 and 1.5 and the daily coronavirus growth rate is between + 4 per cent to + 8 per cent.The estimates for R and the growth rate are provided by the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M), a sub-group of.
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