Across England, just 57.6 per cent of non-complex close contacts were reached and told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace in the latest week to October 7. Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole performed slightly better, with 57.8 per cent. Shadow health minister Justin Madders said the heavily-criticised NHS Test and Trace system is "falling apart", as he echoed calls for a circuit breaker lockdown amid another surge in positive cases. Below, data from the Department for Health and Social care shows what proportion of each positive case's contacts were reached by Yorkshire area.
![In York, 67.1 per cent were reached by contact tracers over the period, - that was slightly down from the 68.8 per cent reached in the four months to September 30.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE3NjM0ODI0.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. York
In York, 67.1 per cent were reached by contact tracers over the period, - that was slightly down from the 68.8 per cent reached in the four months to September 30.
![In the East Riding of Yorkshire, 65.2 per cent were reached by contact tracers over the period – down slightly from 66.8 per cent up to September 30.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE3NjM0ODI2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. East Riding of Yorkshire
In the East Riding of Yorkshire, 65.2 per cent were reached by contact tracers over the period – down slightly from 66.8 per cent up to September 30.
![In Barnsley, 63.9 per cent of those were reached by contact tracers over the period -- that meant there was no increase on the 63.9% reached in the period to September 30.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE3NjM0ODM0.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Barnsley
In Barnsley, 63.9 per cent of those were reached by contact tracers over the period -- that meant there was no increase on the 63.9% reached in the period to September 30.
![In North Yorkshire, 63.5 per cent were reached by contact tracers – down slightly from 66.6 per cent up to September 30.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTE3NjM0ODM4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. North Yorkshire
In North Yorkshire, 63.5 per cent were reached by contact tracers – down slightly from 66.6 per cent up to September 30.