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NHS Test and Trace (England) and coronavirus testing (UK) statistics: 17 September to 23 September 2020

Experimental statistics for weeks 1 to 17 of NHS Test and Trace contact tracing in England and coronavirus testing (UK).

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Weekly statistics for NHS Test and Trace (England) and coronavirus testing (UK): 17 September to 23 September

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The data reflects the first 17 weeks of operation of NHS Test and Trace in England, and testing operations in the UK since late March.

For NHS Test and Trace (England), this includes:

Testing

  • people tested for coronavirus (COVID-19), England
  • people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), England
  • time taken for test results to become available, England

Contact tracing

  • people transferred to the contact-tracing system, and the time taken for them to be reached, England
  • close contacts identified for complex and non-complex cases, and the time taken for them to be reached, England

For coronavirus (COVID-19) testing in the UK, this includes:

  • lab testing capacity, UK
  • number of tests sent out, UK
  • number of tests processed, UK
Published 1 October 2020
Last updated 1 October 2020 + show all updates
  1. Updated methodology for home testing kit return rates.

  2. First published.