has been dropping over the last few months and has been holding steady even after two different phases of reopening in the province.However, experts say that isn’t cause for celebration quite yet, saying Albertans need to continue following public health measures.The reproduction number explains, if one infected person is introduced into a community, how many secondary people would become infected.For example, if the R number is one, one person infects one other person who then infects one other person.
An R number of two means one person infects two others who go on to infect two others each. An R number of 0.5 means fewer people will become infected than the previous generation of cases.