Tracing positive COVID-19 cases and their contacts less successful in more deprived areas, new analysis reveals New Health Foundation analysis published in The Lancet shows that a smaller proportion of positive COVID-19 cases and their contacts are reached by NHS Test and Trace in more deprived areas than in less deprived areas.
The analysis found that among the most deprived group of local authorities in England, 83% of positive cases were reached as compared to 86% in the least deprived. The difference was greater when it came to reaching the contacts of those who had tested positive – 56% were reached in most deprived areas as compared to 62% in the least deprived.
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