Methods
The daily published cases in England in each of 149 Upper Tier Local
Authority (UTLA) areas were converted to Average Daily Infection
Rate(ADIR), an R-value - the number of further people infected by one
infected person during their infectious phase with Rate of Change of
Infection Rate(RCIR) also calculated.
Stepwise regression was carried out to see what local factors could be
linked to differences in local infection rates.