Could there be a second national lockdown as coronavirus cases are rising?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukhereOn Friday, it emerged that the coronavirus R rate is stubbornly above one and is continuing to creep up, which suggests "widespread growth of the epidemic across the country".Data released by Sage shows the estimate for R for the whole of the UK is between 1.3 and 1.6.Last week, the R number was lower - at between 1.2 and 1.5.And the latest daily growth rate range for the UK is from + 5 per cent a day to + 9.The latest figures on the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases were at the 6,900 mark with 66 new deaths reported in the UK in 24 hours as of 9am on Friday.Addressing the nation on Wednesday at a Downing Street briefing, the Prime Minister warned: "And yesterday we saw the biggest rise in daily cases since the pandemic began, today a.
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