Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020
999. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the number of times the Covid-19 tracker app has been used to alert persons that they are a close contact of a confirmed case of Covid-19; the number of additional cases detected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21124/20]
View answerSince the launch of the COVID Tracker App, over 300 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 have uploaded the random IDs that have been generated by their phone, in order to anonymously alert other app users they were in close contact with. The HSE has recorded nearly 900 close contact alerts.
In terms of additional cases detected as a result of the app, the figures for the number of people who receive close contact alerts through the app only that go on to test positive for COVID-19 will be available once sufficient data has been gathered.
Currently the app is installed and active on 1.28 million devices and we are seeing a daily net growth of about 1500 people per day choosing to download the app.
