"Figure 4: The highest infection rates continue to be seen in the North West and Yorkshire and The Humber where rates are now much closer together","" "Estimated percentage of the population testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on nose and throat swabs across regions, England, 3 November 2020 (reference point of the most recent week from modelling)","" "","" "Notes","1. All results are provisional and subject to revision. 2. These statistics refer to infections reported in the community, by which we mean private households. These figures exclude infections reported in hospitals, care homes and/or other institutional settings." "Unit","%" "","" "","% testing positive for COVID-19","Lower confidence limit","Upper confidence limit" "North West","2.20","1.98","2.44" "Yorkshire and The Humber","2.17","1.90","2.45" "North East","1.46","1.17","1.78" "East Midlands","1.43","1.20","1.69" "West Midlands","1.32","1.10","1.55" "England","1.20","1.14","1.27" "South West","0.78","0.61","0.98" "London","0.76","0.64","0.89" "South East","0.70","0.57","0.84" "East of England","0.52","0.41","0.64"