The latest number of deaths in the UK is expected to be announced later today. It comes in the week that the UK passed 100,000 Covid deaths and Boris Johnson extended lockdown by three weeks. We always consider the latest statistical and scientific evidence.”(Image: Press Association Images)“It remains the case that transmission rates of the virus are high.” Hospitalisations and deaths remain high too, he added. For north-west England the latest estimate is one in 45 people, and for north-east England the estimate is one in 50. So an R number of 0.7-1.1 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between 7 and 11 other people.

Source: Daily Mirror January 29, 2021 16:09 UTC