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The UK coronavirus R value has fallen below 1 for the first time since July, according to Government figures.
The virus’ reproduction rate is now estimated to be between 0.7 and 0.9. Last week, it was between 0.7 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.
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