The R rate measures how many people with the coronavirus on average go on to be infected from a single case of Covid-19. The North West has the highest rate of Covid-19 infections in England according to Public Health England (PHE). (Image: PA)R rate in England's regionsThese are the estimated figures as a median average, according to research by Public Health England and Cambridge University. Research by Public Health England and Cambridge University’s MRC Biostatistics Unit - which estimates the R number in different regions - suggested it could be above 1 in the North West. The data - which feeds in to SAGE's calculations - estimated the R number as being a median of 1.01 in the North West and 1.0 in the South West.

Source: Daily Mirror June 06, 2020 10:07 UTC