The coronavirus reproduction number, or R value, in England is between 0.8 and 1.1, according to the latest Government figures. “ast week, the figure was between 0.8 and 1. R represents the average number of people each Covid-19 positive person goes on to infect. When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially, but when it is below 1, it means the epidemic is shrinking. An R number between between 0.8 and 1.1 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 8 and 11 other people

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