Rabu, 23 Desember 2020

COVID-19: UK's R number rises slightly to between 1.1 and 1.3 - Sky News

The R number in the UK is estimated to have gone up to between 1.1 and 1.3, according to the SAGE group of government advisers.

The growth rate range of COVID-19 is estimated to be between +1% to +6%.

The figure is highest in the East of England and in London, with an R value of 1.2 to 1.5. This means that every 10 people infected will infect between 12 and 15 further people.

The R value in England as a whole is 1.1-1.4, and is lowest in the North East and Yorkshire, and in the North West (0.9-11).

Last week, the UK figure was put at between 1.1 and 1.2 with a growth rate of between 1% and 4%.

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When England emerged from November's lockdown the number was 0.8 -1 - the lowest since August.

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The reproduction number (R) is the average number of secondary infections produced by a single infected person.

An R number of 1 means that on average every person who is infected will infect 1 other person, meaning the total number of infections is stable.

If R is 2, on average, each infected person infects two more people. If R is 0.5 then on average for each 2 infected people, there will be only 1 new infection.

Pedestrians wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walk along Oxford Street in central London on December 22, 2020. - UK government borrowing continued to soar in November on emergency action to support the virus-hit economy which nevertheless rebounded stronger than expected in the third quarter, official data showed Tuesday.
Image: When England emerged from November's lockdown the R number was 0.8 -1

The news comes on the day the government warned more parts of England could wake up in Tier 4 from Boxing Day - as fears grow over the spread of the new VUI-202012/01 mutation of coronavirus.

When the prime minister announced his Tier 4 restrictions, he warned the new variant alone could increase the R value by more than 0.4.

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