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<p>The ‘people tested’ measure was initially used to count people who had not been
previously received a test, deliberately excluding subsequent instances an individual
would have been tested if they had been tested once or more previously. It no longer
usefully reflects the volume of tests carried out as, for example, a healthcare worker
receiving their second, third or fourth test since the start of the pandemic would
not be counted as they have been tested once before. Therefore, the people tested
figure will be published on a weekly, rather than daily, basis within the NHS Test
and Trace statistics at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-test-and-trace-statistics-england-weekly-reports"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nhs-test-and-trace-statistics-england-weekly-reports</a></p>
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