"Figure 2: The weighted fortnightly estimate to 1 October (which underpins our modelled official estimates) shows the number of infections has increased rapidly in recent weeks","" "Estimated percentage of the population in England testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) by non-overlapping 14-day periods between 1 May and 1 October 2020","" "","" "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","Percentages" "","" "14 day period ending","% testing positive for COVID-19","Lower confidence limit","Upper confidence limit" "14 May","0.37","0.26","0.51" "28 May","0.17","0.11","0.24" "11 June","0.07","0.04","0.13" "25 June","0.09","0.05","0.15" "9 July","0.04","0.02","0.08" "23 July","0.09","0.06","0.14" "6 Aug","0.07","0.04","0.12" "20 Aug","0.07","0.04","0.11" "3 Sept","0.08","0.06","0.11" "17 Sept","0.21","0.17","0.25" "1 Oct","0.45","0.41","0.5"