The figure is now much closer to one - the point at which the virus starts spreading rapidly.
The latest analysis takes account of the spread of coronavirus in care homes, hospitals and more widely in society.
The increase in the infection rate is said to be"consistent with" a significant fall in cases in the community and the epidemic and in turn the R-number being driven by care homes.What is the R number and what does it mean? The Cambridge study, backed by Public Health England, shows London has made the most progress with suppressing the virus, while it is proving far more stubborn in the north-east of England.The Cambridge team calculated the figures by working backwards from the number of deaths. However, they have looked only at deaths confirmed with a genetic test rather than all deaths.puts the number for London at 0.6 and the South West at 0.9. They also showed the R-values were 0.
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