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July 23, 2020 "According to the latest available data, the Immuni app has been installed by over 4 million 300 thousand users, that is, according to a research by the University of Pavia, 12% of the Italian population between 14 and 75 years in possession of smartphones , which are necessary for the use of the application ".

So Paola Pisano, minister for technological innovation and digitalization, responding in the Senate to a question from the Democratic Party on the Immuni app during the question time. 

"As regards the contribution of the application to the fight against coronavirus, according to the ministry of health, the positive subjects in possession of the application who have agreed to send the notification message are 46, from 13 July to today the subjects alerted thanks to immune there were 23 who had the opportunity to know the contagion risks to which they were exposed: this shows the usefulness "of the app, added the minister.

Nonetheless, Immuni remains one of the tools available to detect exposure to the infection. "I never said that the application is the only solution to contain the virus, it is part of an overall strategy," said Paola Pisano in the Senate.