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Over the same week, 377,459 close contacts of people who tested positive were successfully reached,110,801 more than the previous week and 92.6 per cent of all close contacts identified.
Not only are more cases being reached but they’re being reached more quickly too, with 80.2 per cent reached within 24 hours compared with 77.1 per cent the previous week.
Health chiefs cited improvements to the contact tracing process over the past few months for the rise. Changes have included improving the website, introducing more effective systems for contacting members of the same household and further increases to the number of local authority tracing partnerships.
The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in England has reached a new record high.
A total of 232,169 people tested positive at least once in the week to December 23, according to the latest Test and Trace figures.
The number was up by a third on the previous week and is the highest weekly total since the service was launched in May.
The number of positive cases transferred to the contact tracing system increased by 52% compared with the previous week, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said.
The fraction of people who had an “in-person” test and got their results within the Government’s 24-hour turnaround target time dropped to less than a fifth.
A sign directing people to a Covid-19 testing site in Greenwich - PA The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 in England has reached a new record high. A total of 232,169 people tested positive at least once in the week to December 23, according to the latest Test and Trace figures. The number was up by a third on the previous week and is the highest weekly total since the service was launched in May. The number of positive cases transferred to the contact tracing system increased by 52% compared with the previous week, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said.
NHS Test and Trace reaches record number of people as demand increases significantly
Nearly 2.4 million people were tested at least once between 17 and 23 December.
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Contact tracers are successfully contacting more people than ever before
NHS Test and Trace is reaching significantly more people as cases continue to rise across the country. More than 550,000 cases and contacts were successfully reached and told to isolate in the week before Christmas, many of whom might otherwise have gone on to unknowingly spread the virus to their loved ones over the festive period.
In a week when the number of positive cases transferred to the contact-tracing system increased by 52% compared with the previous week, contact tracers have redoubled their efforts to ensure that the great majority of cases and contacts continue to be reached.
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Questions are being asked over the speed at which the UK managed to approve the game-changing Oxford University/AstraZeneca jab.
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Dr June Raine, chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said the jab had been under a rolling review , which sped up its delivery compared to a usually years-long process.