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More than 85,000 people a day are getting told to isolate by the NHS, latest figures show.
The number of ‘pings’ sent out by the NHS Covid-19 app has soared by 62 per cent in a week.
Some 356,036 app alerts instructing people to isolate were sent out in the week ending June 30, according to NHS data – the highest weekly figure since the data was first published in January.
Hospital chiefs have warned that the strict isolation rules are causing carnage as thousands of doctors and nurses are getting pinged and ordered to stay at home
On top of this, another 241,499 were contacted via phone by official ‘contact tracers’ working for NHS Test and Trace.
Since June 30, weekly cases have soared by 43 per cent, meaning the number isolating in the past week is likely to have been significantly higher.
The increasing figures suggest half a million people a day could be getting told to isolate by Freedom
