Covid-19: 500 users of tracing app have received close contact alerts

The HSE has confirmed that the device is believed to be running on 1.17m devices in Ireland at present. Picture: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie 

Almost 500 users of the Covid-19 tracker app have received a close contact alert since it was launched on July 7.

487 people have been told there were in close proximity to a confirmed case.