Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

(asked on 17th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contacts the NHS Test and Trace scheme has received on average each day since its introduction.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 18th November 2020

Between the launch of NHS Test and Trace on 28 May and 5 August, we identified 53,427 people who tested positive in England during this period. 78.2% (41,254) of the people who tested positive for coronavirus and were transferred to NHS Test and Trace were reached by our contact tracers and asked to share details of their close contacts. Where contact details were provided, 89.1% (214,890) of close contacts were reached and advised to self-isolate.

Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-test-and-trace-england-and-coronavirus-testing-uk-statistics

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