COVID-19 apps - statistics & facts

Just months after the surfacing of the global coronavirus pandemic, research groups in several parts of the world were already working on protocols and solutions to track the spread of the disease. Contact tracing was deemed essential not only to map the proliferation of infections, but also to provide a data collection system that could help stop the virus transmission.
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Published by Lionel Sujay Vailshery, Dec 17, 2025

Key insights

  • Downloads of the Aarogya Setu app in India in September 2022
  • ****m
  • Share of NHS app users that had their contact tracing always on as of July 2021
  • **%
  • Downloads of top coronavirus vaccine verification apps in the U.S. in August 2021
  • 1.6m

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