This is the number of Hastings and Rother residents ‘pinged’ in the week ending July 14

By Michael Mackenzie

Published 22nd Jul 2021, 16:27 BST

Updated 23rd Jul 2021, 15:39 BST

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Hundreds of Hastings and Rother residents have been told to isolate by the NHS Covid App in a week after coming in ‘close contact’ with someone who was positive.

In the week ending July 14 – the most recent NHS data available – 615 people received ‘contact tracing alerts’.

The 615 people notified is the highest weekly tally according to available data dating back to the week ending January 27, 2021.

The week before, ending July 7, 567 were ‘pinged’, according to the NHS.

There has been a rise in people being pinged in Crawley