

He said: "Am I saying that if we don’t do our bit, get vaccinated, all those behavioural changes that we can make, that we are more likely to face restrictions as we head into winter? Then I am saying that. It comes as Health Secretary Sajid Javid warned people ahead of the winter months.

Nottinghamshire County Council's analysts say the R-rate (or reproduction rate) is now between 1.0 and 1.3 as of Friday, October 22.Īround a month ago it was thought to be, roughly, below 1.0.Īn R number of 1.0 means that, on average, every person who is infected will infect one other person and therefore any number above 1.0 means the virus is more readily spreading. Nottinghamshire's R-rate could now be as high as 1.3, according to health officials.
