This is so fast. And outpaces my estimate of 25% growth a day from just a few days ago...
we'd better hope that boosters will hold the wall effectively.
There is no way that current measures will bring R<1 - at best they will slow growth to what - 4 or 5 day doubling?
Probable Omicron numbers continue to grow steeply
6.4% of swabs from 6th December are SGTF
This increase represents an R-value of 4.06 (CI 3.25, 5.06)
A doubling time of 2.5 days
Cases are spread widely, although many areas in and around London have relatively high numbers