Figures for 22,500 venues and at least 268m customer visits suggest just 154 cases have been pursued since summer
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Check-in data from millions of people who have visited cafés, pubs and restaurants has hardly been used by public health officials and contractors, the Guardian has learned.
As a legal condition introduced last month, venues were obliged to record customer details in an effort to remain Covid-secure but the government’s hamstrung test and trace scheme has appeared unable to cope with the swiftly rising number of coronavirus cases.