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When they publish the infection rate, does it mean that given how long it take to show symptoms, meaning they might have got infected a week ago?
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No idea.
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The infection rate is calculated per 100,000 people.
The number of people with at least one confirmed test result since the start are divided by the population and then again by 100,000 to give the number per 100,000 people.
This can be calculated everyday as it's using test results.The R number is produced using admissions and deaths, and this figurenl represents the situation from a few weeks ago.
Howard
Chalfie
I think there’s also the possibility of infected people returning from holiday creating new hotspots in random places across the country vs. the existing known hotspots that are localised and being managed.
Or something.