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		</div><p>The reproduction number, or R value, of coronavirus transmission across the UK may still be above one.<br />
Data released on Friday by the Government Office for Science and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) shows the estimate for R across the UK is between 0.9 and 1.1.</p>
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<p>The growth rate of coronavirus transmission, which reflects how quickly the number of infections is changing day by day, has increased slightly.<br />
For the whole of the UK, the latest growth rate is between minus 1% and plus 2% per day, a slight change from between minus 2% and plus 1% last week.</p>
<p>The growth rate means the number of new infections is somewhere between shrinking by 1% and growing by 2% every day. The most likely value is towards the middle of the range, experts advising the Government say.<br />
The R number represents the number of people each Covid-19 positive person goes on to infect.</p>
<p>In England, the R is between 0.9 and one, and the growth rate is minus 2% to plus 1%.<br />
But the experts say the numbers should be interpreted with caution.<br />
This is because when case levels are low, there is a high degree of variability in transmission and a single average value may not accurately reflect the way infections are changing throughout the region.</p>
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<p>Local outbreaks, for example, can skew the numbers, even though overall transmission may be low across the region.</p>
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<p>Scientists say that, when disease incidence is low, or there is a high degree of variability in regional transmission, the estimates of R and the growth rate “should not be treated as robust enough to inform policy decisions alone”.<br />
It is more appropriate to identify local hotspots through, for example, monitoring numbers of cases, hospital admissions, and deaths, the team behind the data said.</p>
<p>Recent changes in transmission are not yet fully reflected in the estimates because the data used to calculate R and growth rate reflect the situation from a few weeks ago.<br />
Therefore, the figures published on Friday more accurately represent the average situation over the past few weeks rather than the current situation.</p>
<p>In the East of England, the growth rate is between minus 5% and zero, and the R number is 0.8-1.<br />
In London, the growth rate is between minus 3% and plus 2%, and the capital’s R rate is at 0.9-1.1.<br />
The Midlands has a growth rate of between minus 6% and zero the region’s R number is 0.8-1.<br />
In the North East and Yorkshire, the growth rate is between minus 3% and zero, while its R value is 0.8-1.</p>
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<p>The growth rate in the North West is between minus 3% and zero. The R value is 0.8-1.<br />
In the South East, the growth rate is between minus 4% and plus 1%. The R value in the region is 0.8-1.<br />
The South West has a growth rate of between minus 4% and plus 1%. Its R value is 0.8-1.1.</p>
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