Number of people ‘pinged’ by NHS Covid app in Chichester up by 70%

The number of people in Chichester who were ‘pinged’ by the Covid app has seen a 70 per cent increase in one week, the latest data shows.

By Bex Bastable

Published 22nd Jul 2021, 12:30 BST

Updated 22nd Jul 2021, 15:26 BST

More people are being advised to isolate

NHS figures show 877 people were alerted via the app in the seven days to July 7. It was 1,498 in the seven days to July 14 – a 70 per cent increase.

Just last week, luxury car maker Rolls-Royce said it was ‘extremely concerned’ by the number of employees at its West Sussex site being ‘forced to self-isolate’ by the NHS Covid app.

And Royal Mail has also been hit by the ‘pingdemic’.

Nationally, 607,486 alerts were sent in week ending July 14 – 15.4 per cent of all alerts sent to date, since September, and a record high. To date, 3.94-million alerts have been sent.