"Figure 3: There is evidence of variation in the infection rates across regions","" "Estimated percentage of the population testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on nose and throat swabs across regions, England, 21 September 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","Percentage" "","" "","% testing positive for COVID-19","Lower confidence limit","Upper confidence limit" "North West","0.50","0.39","0.62" "North East","0.49","0.31","0.72" "Yorkshire and The Humber","0.30","0.20","0.42" "London","0.27","0.19","0.36" "West Midlands","0.13","0.07","0.21" "East Midlands","0.11","0.06","0.19" "East of England","0.10","0.06","0.16" "South West","0.08","0.04","0.14" "South East","0.07","0.04","0.11"