the humber the worst affected areas, according to the latest data. the office for national statistics estimates that one in 240 people in england had the virus in the last week of september, with more than 17,000 people catching it every day. this figure is approximately double that reported for each of the last two weeks. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has the latest. more testing, part of the drive to rein in the spread of coronavirus. here at nottingham university, helping students get a quick result if they had symptoms. the government at westminster are set to announce new restrictions next week in response to the general increase in infections. 0ne survey involving random testing of people in the community showed that in a week in the middle of september, there were over 116,000 people infected in england. by the following week, that had nearly doubled to 22a,000,