" Figure 14: During the most recent period the highest percentage of people testing positive and compatible with the new variant are seen in London and the East of England","" "Estimated percentage of positive cases which are compatible with the new variant (ORF1ab- and N-gene positive) based on people who have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on nose and throat swabs, by UK countries and English regions","" "","" "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. 3. Data should be treated with caution. In particular, there are small numbers of positives detected in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland leading to considerable uncertainty surrounding these estimates. There are further uncertainties given that not all cases that are positive on the ORF1ab- and N-genes will be the new variant." "Unit","%" "","" "","% positive for ORF1ab and N genes","Lower confidence limit","Upper confidence limit" "London","81","77","85" "East of England","78","70","85" "South East","67","60","74" "England","61","58","64" "South West","53","35","70" "East Midlands","48","38","59" "West Midlands","45","34","56" "North West","40","33","47" "Northern Ireland","33","7","70" "North East","30","18","45" "Yorkshire and The Humber","27","18","37" "Scotland","22","13","34" "Wales","5","0","24"