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Written question asked by Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 1 February 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 February 2021. It was answered by Lord Bethell (Conservative) on Friday, 12 March 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Contact Tracing: Software

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have downloaded the NHS COVID-19 application; how many contacts of people with COVID-19 tested positive after being traced through (1) the NHS COVID-19 application, and (2) other means, on each day since 1 January; and of such contacts, how many they were (1) able, and (2) not able, to communicate with.

Answer

As of 27 January 2021, the NHS COVID-19 app has been downloaded 21,629,902 times. As COVID-19 app users are anonymous, we cannot determine who has or has not been contacted by Test and Trace as well as receiving an app notification to self-isolate following contact with a positive case.

The information is relating to those communicated with is not held in the format requested, as data is not collected on a daily basis.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12804
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Software NHS Mobile phones Coronavirus Contact tracing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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