Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe coronavirus R rate in England has risen slightly to 0.9-1.1 amid fears sparked by the spread of the Indian variant. The national rate last week had climbed slightly to between 0.8 and 1.1, with identical rates in three regions (East, North West and South West), according to the Government estimates. R represents the average number of people each Covid-19 positive person goes on to infect. Nicola Sturgeon said today the latest estimate for the R number was that it "now might be slightly above 1.0 again". The Government will set out details for the next step of the Covid-19 lockdown roadmap next week, Boris Johnson said today.

Source: Daily Mirror May 21, 2021 12:38 UTC