Regional differences in Covid-19 transmission rate emerge in England
by Hannah Devlin from on (#53H29)
London has seen steeper decline in R rate but north has slower fall in infections, and estimates vary
Transmission rates of Covid-19 remain dangerously close to levels that could bring a second wave, even before the easing of some restrictions this week, as the focus shifts to transmission rates in the north of England.
The latest official estimate places the national R value - the rate at which people are passing on infections to others - at between 0.7 and 1. An R value above 1 means the epidemic will start to grow exponentially again, which would result in a new surge of cases.
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