NHS Test and Trace has had its worst week since it was launched in May, with more than 30% of coronavirus close contacts being missed, the latest figures have revealed.
The heavily criticised programme has consistently missed thousands of people who may been infected with Covid-19, but the week ending August 26 saw the system achieve its lowest ever success rate, with just 69.4% of close contacts being reached.
This is down from 77.1% in the previous week, new figures from the Department of Health and Social Care revealed.
The statistics also showed that in the same week England recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases since June 3, with 6,732 new positive test results.
Dido Harding, the Tory peer who was promoted from running Test and Trace, to leading the new National Institute for Public Health appeared optimistic about the figures.
She said: “NHS Test and Trace has been operating for more than three months and during that time it has consistently reached the majority of those testing positive and their contacts, almost 330,000 people at risk of unknowingly passing the virus on."
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