Summary:
Mumbai, Oct 19 (PTI) India"s R-value, which reflects how rapidly the coronavirus pandemic is spreading, has remained below 1 since September, suggesting that the infection rate is declining, according to a study.
The Reproduction number or R refers to how many people an infected person infects on an average.
In other words, it tells how "efficiently" a virus is spreading.
An R-value smaller than 1 means the disease is spreading slowly.
Conversely, if R is greater than 1, the number of infected people is increasing in each round - technically, this is what is called the epidemic phase.
The bigger the number than 1, the faster the rate of spreading of the disease in the population.