One source of data has uncovered the declining 'R' rate, putting it at 0.9 across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland this week. It is not the government's official 'R' rate measure - but is one of a number of sources tracking the transmission of the virus. The 'R' rate is used by scientists to determine how many people each person infected with coronavirus is likely to spread it to. (Image: PA)Tim Spector wrote: "Todays ZOE app data shows rates of new disease falling slowly below 36k with R of 0.9 in all nations but Midlands getting worse. Deaths have been rising, despite all four nations of the UK have been in some form of second lockdown over the past weeks.

Source: Daily Mirror November 12, 2020 11:50 UTC