Claim: Nationally, only 69.4% of contacts are now reached and asked to self-isolate.
Fact-check: Matt Hancock gets test and trace figures wrong again - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. the latest data from nhs test and trace shows that of all positive cases referred to the system, 81.4% were reached. close contacts were identified for 80.2% of those cases. of those identified close contacts, 69.4% were reached.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2020-09-09T00:00:00