COVID: Infection rates dropping in England giving hope of pandemic in downturn.
Coronavirus infections are falling in parts of England offering scientists hope the current surge of cases will begin to decline. Experts at Cambridge University believe that the R rate, or the rate at which a person passes on coronavirus, has fallen below one in the south-east, London, north-east, west-midlands and the east of England. This means infections are falling in these areas, and the pandemic is on the downturn. In London, the R-rate could be as low as 0.6, after the city has been in tier 4 restrictions since 21st December and then in a national lockdown since the beginning of January. On Thursday 48,682 new cases were reported, which is down 7.5% from the same day last week.
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