The R number - a key measure of how much coronavirus is spreading - has risen slightly in England to reach between 0.8 and 1.0.
Last week, the R number in England was between 0.8 and 0.9.
This week's figures are the latest since England's lockdown was eased to allow people to visit pubs, bars and restaurants.
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The growth rate of COVID-19 infections in England has also risen, from -5% to -2% per day last week, to -4% to -1% per day this week.
The R number for the whole of the UK remains between 0.7 and 0.9, according to figures published by the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) on Friday.
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Meanwhile, the growth rate of infections across the whole UK is estimated to have fallen.
Last week, for the whole of the UK, it stood at -6% and -0% per day, and is now at -5% and -2% per day.
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The growth rate reflects how quickly the number of infections are changing day by day.
It is an approximation of the change in the number of infections each day.
If the growth rate is greater than zero, then the disease will grow, and if the growth rate is less than zero then the disease will shrink.
The size of the growth rate indicates the speed of change.
A growth rate of -4% indicates the epidemic is shrinking faster than a growth rate of -1%.
If the R value is one, then it means each infected person will on average pass COVID-19 on to one other.
If it is above one, it means the number of COVID-19 cases will increase exponentially.
However, if it is below one, the disease will eventually peter out as not enough new people are being infected to sustain the outbreak.
The R number is estimated to be as high as one in every English region apart from the Midlands, where it is between 0.7 and 0.9.
SAGE cautioned that extra care needs to be taken when interpreting R numbers in regions where the number of cases has fallen to low levels and/or there is a high degree of variability in transmission.
This includes the East of England, London, North East and Yorkshire, South East and South West.
SAGE has previously stressed that both the R number and growth rate should be considered alongside other measures of the spread of disease, such as the number of people currently infected.
The R number - a key measure of how much coronavirus is spreading - has risen slightly in England to reach between 0.8 to 1.0.
Last week, the R number in England was between 0.8 to 0.9.
This week's figures are the latest since England's lockdown was eased to allow people to visit pubs, bars and restaurants.
Special report: The NHS - catastrophe brings change
The growth rate of COVID-19 infections in England has also risen, from -5% to -2% per day last week, to -4% to -1% per day this week.
The R number for the whole of the UK remains between 0.7 to 0.9, according to figures published by the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) on Friday.
Advertisement
Meanwhile, the growth rate of infections across the whole UK is estimated to have fallen.
Last week, for the whole UK, it stood at -6% to -0% per day, and is now at -5% to -2% per day.
More from Covid-19
The growth rate reflects how quickly the number of infections are changing day-by-day.
It is an approximation of the change in the number of infections each day.
If the growth rate is greater than zero, then the disease will grow, and if the growth rate is less than zero then the disease will shrink.
The size of the growth rate indicates the speed of change.
A growth rate of -4% indicates the epidemic is shrinking faster than a growth rate of -1%.
If the R value is one, then it means each infected person will on average pass COVID-19 on to one other.
If it is above one, it means the number of COVID-19 cases will increase exponentially.
However, if it is below one, the disease will eventually peter out as not enough new people are being infected to sustain the outbreak.
The R number is estimated to be as high as one in every English region apart from the Midlands, where it is between 0.7 to 0.9.
SAGE cautioned that extra care needs to be taken when interpreting R numbers in regions where the number of cases has fallen to low levels and/or there is a high degree of variability in transmission.
This includes the East of England, London, North East and Yorkshire, South East and South West.
SAGE has previously stressed that both the R number and growth rate should be considered alongside other measures of the spread of disease, such as the number of people currently infected.
Campsites, hairdressers, beauty salons, cinemas and playgrounds are to reopen in the next three weeks, while outdoor activities, including team sports involving up to 30 people, can also resume from Monday.
Wales had previously been the only part of the UK not to set a date for the reopening of indoor hospitality.
Pubs had reopened in England last weekend. In Scotland they will be able to fully reopen on 15 July.
In Wales they will be able to open outdoors from Monday in spaces they own and are licensed.
What else was announced?
In other announcements, outdoor gyms, playgrounds and community centres will be able to reopen on 20 July.
Campsites and other accommodation with shared facilities can reopen from 25 July.
On 27 July the following activities can restart:
Close contact services, such as beauty salons, tattoo shops and nail parlours
The viewing of occupied homes for rent or sale
Cinemas, museums and galleries
Caution urged after Melbourne lockdown
Mr Drakeford said looking at "all the indicators together", the chief medical officer for Wales Frank Atherton "has confirmed we have some capacity to ease the restrictions further over the next three weeks".
Advisers have told the Welsh Government cases are falling by 2% every day.
But the first minister urged "a note of caution", citing the example of Melbourne in Australia, which is re-imposing a lockdown after a fresh spike in cases.
No announcement was made on indoor gyms. It is understood ministers are still in discussions with gym and leisure companies about the reopening of indoor gyms and swimming pools.
Social distancing rule altered
The law enforcing the 2m social distancing rules will be altered. Other measures will be expected to be used by businesses that cannot stick to the rule, like hairdressers.
Mr Drakeford listed some examples, including the installation of protective shields, increased cleaning, marshalls in outdoor hospitality venues and "extra rules in relation to the policing of toilets".
He said: "If you are able to run a business taking all reasonable measures to sustain a 2m distance that is what the law in Wales will require you to do.
"But we recognise that there will be some context and some business for whom that simply isn't practically possible and in those circumstances what the law in Wales will require is that those businesses will have to take a series of other mitigating measures."
Pubs 'have had weeks to prepare'
The first minister rejected claims pubs had not had enough time to prepare.
"This sector has had weeks to prepare for reopening outdoors, not three days. There is plenty of guidance out there for those intending to reopen," he said.
There was an "anxiety", he claimed, among the public in Wales "about going back to places where they may feel that their health and wellbeing would not be safely looked after".
Asked if the delay in announcing a date for indoor hospitality to reopen had risked thousands of jobs, he said the sector should spend three weeks doing things "that are necessary to make a success of the changes that are being offered to it" with outdoor opening.
What has the reaction been?
Welsh Conservatives Senedd leader Paul Davies said: "Yesterday we published a list of 10 things we wanted the Welsh Government to deliver as part of its coronavirus restrictions review, today we have seen ministers adopt six out of 10 of our proposals so we are pleased to see the Welsh Government following our lead."
Wales TUC, which represents trade unions in Wales, said the announcement "will provide a level of certainty for the sector and help prevent future job losses".
Nicola Sturgeon urged the public not to drop their vigilance after she confirmed that there has been no new coronavirus deaths in Scotland for the past two days. However, she said that the number of positive COVID-19 infection cases in Scotland has reached its highest daily rise in three weeks. Her press briefing to Scotland was branded a "power trip" after she was accused of "lecturing" Scots on how to wear a face mask.
It is now compulsory to wear a face-covering in Scotland in shops and on public transport and Ms Sturgeon said police can issue fines to those who do not follow this law.
She said: “We have been in lockdown for more than three months now but being in lockdown ourselves has meant that the virus has also been in lockdown.
“As we come out of lockdown, unfortunately, we let it out again too.
“We have to work in a sense even harder to make sure it doesn't get those opportunities to spread.”
The mandatory wearing of masks or other coverings in all retail stores adds a "layer of protection", according to Ms Sturgeon.
The SNP leader said masks said should be regarded as being as necessary as seatbelts in cars.
Reaction to the briefing saw viewers remark that "Sturgeon loves her power trip."
Another added: "I’m starting to think Sturgeon - currently giving a lecture, sorry, briefing - is enjoying being a COVID dictator a little too much. It’s as if it’s a dream come true for SNP lifestyle policing."
Scotland is now in Phase Three of the lockdown route map, following Ms Sturgeon's announcement at the three-weekly review date on Thursday.
During that announcement, she also said that pubs, restaurants and hairdressers would be allowed to open on Wednesday, July 15.
People in Scotland can now also meet their friends and family indoors, with a limit of eight people from three households - including the host's home.
Ms Sturgeon added that she was confident the public will cover their faces in shops as it becomes legally required today.
