Regions across England have reported a covid R-rate below 1, showing the virus might be slowing down.
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Latest data released by Public Health England (PHE) showed a drop in covid infections across England. According to researchers, Covid R-rate is also ‘as low as 0,6’, which may prove covid rates will continue slowing down in the next weeks.
The reproductive (R) rate is falling in many regions of England, latest data shows. According to researchers this is a sign covid cases are dropping as a whole, at national level. The Office for National Statistics will release its numbers later, while University of Cambridge confirmed the R rate fell below 1 in the West Midlands (0,7) and East England (0,7). The R rate in London is 0,61 and 0,64 was registered in the South-East.
The numbers show the regions put into Tier 4 on December 21 reporting a clear fall in cases and R rate. According to the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit Covid Working Group, the current daily rate of new covid cases in England stands at 60,200. Regions in England with a R rate below 1 include: East England, London, South-East, West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber. English regions with a R rate above 1 are: South-West, North-West, North-East and East Midlands.
The R rate is needed to calculate any disease’s ability to spread. The R is the number of people that one person is going to pass the virus to if they are infected. Coronavirus has a reproduction number of 3 if no action would be taken to stop it. On average, if the R number is above 1 the number of cases is increasing and will increase further, while if the R value is lower than 1 the virus is slowly stopping, as less people are being infected and –therefore- infecting.
While latest covid rates have good reasons to give hope, hospitalisations data continue to be dangerously high, with more people being admitted to hospitals across England.
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