Note: The date last updated is 2022-02-28, the dataset is no longer provided.
The R value, also known as the reproduction number, describes whether cases are currently increasing, decreasing or staying the same. It tells us the average number of people that someone with COVID-19 will infect.
For example, if the R value is:
- at 1, then an infected person will infect one other person, on average
- below 1, it means the rate of transmission was decreasing during that period
- above 1, the transmission rate was increasing
COVID-19 R values are updated weekly.