The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in England is now double the number recorded when the country’s Test and Trace system was launched at the end of May.Official figures show 18,371 new people tested positive for COVID-19 in England between 3 September and 9 September, a substantial increase of 167% compared with the end of August.Only a third of test kits came back within 24 hours during that period, contradicting a promise made by Boris Johnson that all tests would be done in a day by the end of June.The number of positive coronavirus cases has been rising nationwide since the start of July, according to the Department of Health and Social Care data.Test numbers increased by 27% in the most recent week compared with the previous week, after remaining at consistent levels between the end of July and the end of August, the new numbers reveal. Advertisement There has also been a 74% increase in the number of people referred to the Test and Trace service – three times as many than at the beginning of August.The numbers show that 82.6% of those people were reached and asked to provide information about their contacts.In total, 73.9% of… Read full this story
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