"Figure 4: The highest proportions of people testing positive are seen in the North West, Yorkshire and The Humber and the North East","" "Estimated percentage of the population testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on nose and throat swabs across regions, England, 2 December 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","1.29","1.11","1.49" "Yorkshire and The Humber","1.16","0.95","1.38" "North East","1.14","0.86","1.47" "West Midlands","1.00","0.81","1.22" "London","1.00","0.87","1.13" "East Midlands","0.98","0.76","1.22" "England","0.88","0.83","0.94" "South East","0.62","0.50","0.75" "East of England","0.51","0.40","0.63" "South West","0.42","0.30","0.56"