Infections are expected to fall even as the economy reopensThe daily spread of coronavirus infections has fallen drastically and cases are likely to be shrinking even as the economy reopens, according to new official estimates. The R number — the estimated range of Covid-19 reproduction — is now between 0.8 and 1.1, the UK Health Security Agency said. It means that every 10 infected people will on average spread the virus to between 8 and 11 other people. Last week the range was 1.1 to 1.5. The daily growth of infections was estimated at between minus 6 and plus 1 per cent, a big fall on the previous week’s

Source: The Times January 22, 2022 12:47 UTC