Record 618,903 alerts were sent to NHS Covid app users in England and Wales last week
Latest government figures show there are a further 44,104 daily coronavirus cases in the UK, with 73 coronavirus-related deaths.
Alerts on the NHS Covid-19 app informs users if they have been in close contact with a positive coronavirus case. If an individual is pinged by the app, they are advised to self-isolate for up to 10 days. There were fewer app pings per case in England during this period, with 2.8 pings issued per every reported coronavirus case.Downloads of the app continued to rise to 26,826,748 from 26,523,853 the previous week.
A recent poll by YouGov suggested that one in ten users have deleted the app, having previously installed it.
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