England’s R number has fallen slightly to between 0.8 and 1.0, the latest government figures show.

Last week, the R value – or reproduction number – was between 0.9 and 1.1

The R number indicates the average number of people each COVID-positive person goes on to infect.

An R value between 0.8 and 1.0 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 8 and 10 other people.

The growth rate in England is now between -3% and -1% a day, meaning that the number of new infections is shrinking by between 1% and 3% each day.

This compares to a daily growth rate of -1% and +1% on the same day last week.

The latest government figures show the R number has fallen from 0.9 to 1.1 to 0.8 to 1.0 in every region of the country – except for the South East, where it has fallen from 0.9 to 1.2 to 0.7 to 0.9, and the South West, where it has fallen from 0.9 to 1.1 to 0.7 to 0.9.

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