England saw an average of 27,900 new cases per day and infections are 50% higher on the previous week, a weekly survey showed
The Office for National Statistics’ weekly infection survey showed an estimated 336,500 people had COVID in the week to Oct 8, a 50% increase on the estimate of 224,400 infections in the previous week.
That implies that 1 in 160 people in England had the coronavirus that week, compared to 1 in 240 the previous week.
The UK’s COVID-19 reproduction “R” number edged up to 1.3-1.5 from 1.2-1.5, government scientists said on Friday, meaning on average every 10 people infected will infect between 13 and 15 others.
However, the estimated daily growth rate of the disease was +4% to +7%, compared to +4% to +9%, implying the growth in infections may be slowing.
