"Figure 5: Rates of positive tests for COVID-19 appear higher for individuals who work outside the home compared with those who work from home","" "Estimated percentage of those ever testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the study, by working location, England, 26 April to 24 May 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. These statistics refer to infections reported in the community, by which we mean private households. These figures exclude infections reported in hospitals, care homes or other institutional settings. 2. The ‘not applicable’ category applied to over half the respondents, and includes children, as well as some people who are retired, furloughed, or not working for another reason." "Unit","%" "","" "","% testing positive for COVID-19","Lower confidence limit","Upper confidence limit" "Working from home","0.23","0.10","0.43" "Working outside of home","0.71","0.46","1.04" "Working both at home and outside the home","0.53","0.15","1.36" "Not applicable (including children)","0.40","0.29","0.54"