Coronavirus: Here is the Covid-19 risk level in Portsmouth according to NHS Test and Trace app

The NHS test and trace app finally launched during the week.
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It was rolled out across England and Wales on Thursday after months of delay and it is designed to automatically alert people of anyone who tests positive that they have been close to.

One element within the app is a localised risk level based on the first part of a person’s postcode.

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But in the current environment it is not considered appropriate for anywhere in England to be deemed 'low’ risk, the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) said.

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According to the NHS app, Portsmouth is considered at a ‘medium’ risk currently.

The rank can be anywhere from low, to medium, to high.

In England, the localised risk level is determined by data from the Local Authority watch list, though the list itself most recently only highlighted 44 areas of intervention, three on enhanced support and 11 marked as concern.

In Wales, the localised risk level is determined each week by the Welsh Government.

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It comes after the UK’s Covid-19 threat level was ramped back up to level four by the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC) earlier this week.

Meanwhile, the NHS Covid-19 app has shot to the top of the download chart on both iOS and Android since being launched, with more than one million downloads confirmed on Android alone.

DHSC said it expects to release an update on exact download numbers across both operating systems on Monday.

On Thursday, the app was hit by complaints from some users that they are unable to download it because of the age of their mobile phone.

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Apple iPhones need to be running the iOS 13.5 version of the firm’s software, released last year but available to devices several years older, while users of Google’s Android require version 6.0, which was rolled out in 2015.

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