Record Number Pinged in the Last Week .
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A record 689,313 alerts were sent to users of the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales in a week, new figures show.
The alerts have been issued as NHS Test and Trace figures showed nearly 600,000 people were identified as coming into close contact with someone who had tested positive in the week up to 21 July.
The combined figures mean more than a million people may been told to self-isolate during this week-long period.
Ping alerts tell people they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.
The latest number was recorded in the week up to 21 July and is an 11.4% increase on the week before.
The previous week's numbers showed 618,903 people were pinged by the app.
I am the opposite , when it 1st started I looked at when there was easing of any kind from the restrictions and then at the same time if there were more people pinged while opening up was happening .
I can't get my head around why there seems little apparent concern at the rising deaths from COVID ... we've been really really lucky with no major Covid related illnesses nor any deaths but I really feel for those who are suffering.
We got told to delete the app at work, I work in a care home and about 1/2 the staff and residents had it, obviously we were in contact but can't all get pinged and shut the home down
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