This is the highest weekly number since Test and Trace was launched at the end of May and is an increase of 8% in positive cases on the previous week. Just six in ten of the contacts provided by people who tested positive for Covid-19 were reached last week. Some 60.4% of close contacts of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in England were reached in the week ending November 4. "Despite increasing numbers of positive cases, NHS Test and Trace is reaching more people and doing so more quickly. The latest Government data showed 50,365 people had died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, making it the first country in Europe to exceed 50,000 deaths.

Source: Daily Mirror November 12, 2020 11:23 UTC