COVID-19 contact-tracing app, which has been downloaded 268,064 times on Apple and Android phones, has only been used to track close contacts of 19 positive cases since it launched in May.
Alberta launches ABTraceTogether app to improve contact tracing, fight COVID-19 spread As of Monday, Alberta had 10,031 active cases.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Alberta labs had completed more than 12,000 tests in a 24-hour period.Since the pandemic began, 40,189 Albertans have tested positive for COVID-19.The ABTraceTogether app has been used to identify and notify 70 close contacts in 19 of the province’s positive COVID-19 cases, Alberta Health spokesperson Steve Buick said.That means the app has been used in less than 0.05 per cent of all positive cases.