BRITAIN’S official coronavirus R rate has dropped to 0.8 this week, official data has revealed.
The current R value – the number of people an infected person will pass Covid on to – is now estimated to be between 0.8 and 1.
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When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially, but below that number would suggest the epidemic is shrinking.
Sage says the growth rate, which reflects how quickly the number of infections are changing day-by-day, has also dropped.
When the growth rate is less than zero, it means the epidemic is shrinking.
It’s now between minus two per cent and zero, meaning the number of new infections is growing by zero and two per cent every day.
