Mr Johnson will reportedly use the occasion to outline a new "tiered" approach to how local Covid situations will be treated. The letter continued:"The government will discuss a set of measures with local leaders all of which present difficult choices. Overall, the UK's Covid-19 R number has dropped slightly to 1.5 this week. It is thought that the number of new infections is growing by between 4% and 9% every day. An R number between 1.2 and 1.5 means that on average every 10 people infected will infect between 12 and 15 other people.

Source: Daily Mirror October 09, 2020 19:51 UTC