In one week, 302 Britons died from the coronavirus, the lowest weekly death rate since September last year. Within the country, England’s reproductive rate has been calculated separately and based on this, it seems that even in the worst case, the number of infections there will only stagnate for the near future.

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The slowdown and, in the worst case, stagnation of the spread of the coronavirus epidemic is shown in the new estimate band R calculated for England, calculated on Friday, which measures the dynamics of the spread. The broader national epidemiological indicators point to a significant and continued retreat from the coronavirus epidemic in the UK.

The UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Council on Standards, SAGE, has so far developed a weekly R estimation band for the UK as a whole. However, according to its statement on Friday, it is now more accurate to calculate the reproduction rate for individual parts of the country separately, as the management of the epidemic is also becoming increasingly local.

According to their calculations, the R index in England is currently between 0.8 and 1. This suggests that changes in the number of new infections per day in England may range from stagnation to a 0.4 percent decline.

The British Health Department said late Friday that 52 people had died from the coronavirus on Friday and 302 in the past seven days. This is the lowest weekly death rate since September of last year.

Over 60 per cent of the British adult population have already received the first dose, and almost 10 per cent have received the second dose.

In a Twitter post on Friday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for vaccinated people not to hold indoor social gatherings for the time being. Under current rules, a maximum of six people living outside the home can live together.



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