Report shows rise to four days for satellite test centre results and almost the same for home tests
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Almost nine in 10 of all Covid-19 tests in England are now taking longer than 24 hours to produce a result, as figures also revealed a 75% increase in positive weekly cases.
The 18,371 people who tested positive for the virus in the week of 3-9 September is the highest weekly number since the government’s troubled NHS test-and-trace system was launched at the end of May.
