Provide the public with clear picture of private coronavirus testing in the absence of compulsory front line staff testing

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

As of 9am on 23 March 2020, a total of 83,945 people have been tested for coronavirus. Please provide a clear breakdown of how many tested were staff, how many were NHS patients and how many were private.

Yours faithfully,

T Crush

Department of Health and Social Care

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Dear Mr/Ms Crush,

Please find attached the Department of Health and Social Care's response
to your recent FOI request (our ref: FOI-1212565  ) 

Yours sincerely,

 Nicole Mercer 

Freedom of Information team
Department of Health and Social Care

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