UK GOVERNMENT
“ I am immensely proud of the work and achievement of Test & Trace and being part of the COVID response team . We often remind each other when it gets tough that this is something you can be proud of for life ”
JACQUI ROCK CCO FOR NHS TEST & TRACE , UK GOVERNMENT
The stats are staggering . By May 2021 , the first anniversary of NHS Test & Trace being established , it had achieved :
• 5 million lateral flow test provided a week
• 92 million PCR tests conducted
• 1 million + antibody test kits delivered
• 22.2 million app downloads
• 180 million + tests carried out across the UK
• 3.9 million positive cases identified ( as of 2 June 2021 )
• 87 % of cases traced and asked to provide close contacts
• 82 % of close contacts identified reached and asked to self-isolate
• 1,390 asymptomatic and 1,100 symptomatic testing sites
• 600,000 PCR tests conducted a day
Many of those 180 million tests were conducted at 1,200 test sites . Within two weeks , 14,000 staff were hired to establish contact tracing – the largest call centre in UK history . Lighthouse Labs across the UK now process more than 2 million tests per day .
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