Reproduction Number

• Kenney says COVID-19 R value isn’t ‘state secret’ but data still not publicly accessible

  The R value was last released on Nov. 22, when it was 1.12. On Tuesday, Kenney said the R value was below 1.2 but did not provide an exact value.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2020
  
• New research suggests Alberta COVID-19 R value currently too high to lift restrictions

  Global News has obtained research that shows as of Dec. 4 the reproduction number is at 1.215 across Alberta, 1.253 in the Calgary Zone and 1.198 in the Edmonton Zone.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2020
  
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• Coronavirus: Alberta officials no longer planning to post provincial R value publicly

  While Alberta officials told Global News on Nov. 27 that the provincial COVID-19 R value would begin being posted publicly on Nov. 30, they backtracked on Dec. 2 and said that is not the case.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2020
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• Coronavirus R value in Alberta remains low after parts of economy reopened

  The reproduction number explains, if one infected person is introduced into a community, how many secondary people would become infected.

  Health

  Jun 29, 2020
• Coronavirus reproduction number slowly dropping in Alberta

  The R number provides insight into how the virus is spreading and is determined by how many new cases a single case generates.

  Health

  May 14, 2020