Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests (a) were undertaken in total and (b) resulted in a (i) positive and (ii) negative finding on each day in April 2020.

The overall number of tests for COVID-19 is published daily and is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

However, the information is not broken down to the level of detail being requested.

In April a total of 758,719 tests were completed across the United Kingdom, 146,103 of these results in a lab confirmed positive result.

More information on the Government’s testing strategy as well as updated testing figures can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports