The growth rate reflects quickly the number of infections are changing day by day.
It is an approximation of the percentage change in the number of infections each day.
Once again, if the growth rate is more than 0, then the epidemic is growing, while if it’s less than zero, it’s shrinking.
The size of the growth rate indicates the speed of change, and a growth rate of five percent indicates the epidemic is growing faster than a growth rate of one percent.
