LONDON (Reuters) – The estimated range of England’s COVID-19 reproduction “R” number is between 0.8 and 1.0, unchanged on the previous week, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday, with the daily cases possibly reducing at a slightly quicker rate.
An R number between 0.8 and 1.0 means that for every 10 people infected, they will on average infect between 8 and 10 other people.
The daily growth of infections was estimated at between -4% to -1%, compared to -3% to 0% the previous week.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Kate Holton)
