coronavirus reproduction rate is expected to be on the decrease after experts released the latest UK figures per region. Medical and scientific officials are keeping a close eye on the R-number (reproduction number), which has been described as the key factor behind the easing of the lockdown.
If the figure remains below one then that suggests that the rate of Covid-19 infection in the country is slowing.Stricter lockdown measures could be enforced if the figure were to go above one.Recent statistics released by the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) shows Scotland’s reproduction rate of the virus to be at 0.8 as of May 24.