Eight more deaths in Wales and 275 new cases of Covid

EIGHT more people in Wales have died after testing positive for coronavirus, the latest statistics published yesterday have confirmed.

The figures from Public Health Wales reveal that 275 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the latest 24-hour period – down from the 363 which were reported on Monday – bringing the total since the outbreak of the pandemic to 199,793.

The number of people to have died with coronavirus in Wales within a month of a positive test now stands at 5,145.

The infection rate across Wales has now dropped to 88.2 per 100,000 population based on the seven days up to February 11, a decrease from 91.6 on Monday. It is the lowest it has been since September.

The latest data also shows that 795,927 people have now received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, up 11,118 from the figure of 784,809 published 24 hours earlier.

Meanwhile, 7,251 people have now received both doses of the vaccine, up from 5,402 yesterday.

Wrexham remains the local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales with a sevenday rate of 137.5 cases per 100,000 population, down from 161.1 on Monday.

Flintshire is in second with a seven-day rate of 127.5 cases per 100,000 population, which is down from 134.5 when compared with the day before.

Powys has the thirdhighest rate with 117 cases per 100,000, down from 120.1 on the previous day.

Cardiff reported the most new cases in the latest 24-hour period with 35, followed by Flintshire with 30, Newport with 18, Carmarthenshire with 17, Wrexham with 16, Gwynedd with 14, and Caerphilly, Denbighshire and Neath Port Talbot with 12.

Meanwhile Conwy and Vale of Glamorgan had 11 new cases, Monmouthshire, Powys and Swansea all had 10, RCT had nine, Bridgend had seven, Anglesey had six, Torfaen, Pembrokeshire and Merthyr Tydfil had five, Ceredigion had three and Blaenau Gwent had one.

Across Wales, the positivity rate of tests is down to 8.2% for the past seven-day period, which is below a key Welsh Government threshold for easing lockdown restrictions. The highest rate is in Powys where 12.7% of tests have come back positive in the last week.

Cases per 100,000 based on seven-day rolling average (February 5-11):

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Newport: 98.9 (down from 99.6)

Torfaen: 101.1 (down from 111.7)

Caerphilly: (down from 87.8)

Monmouthshire: 57.1 (up from 52.9)

Blaenau Gwent: (down from 94.5)

Betsi Cadwaladr UHB

Wrexham: (down from 161.1)

Flintshire: (down from 134.5)

Denbighshire: (down from 70)

Gwynedd: (down from 78.7)

Conwy: 99.8 from 113.5)

Anglesey: (down from 107.1)

Cardiff and Vale UHB

Vale of Glamorgan: 86.8 (up from 81.6)

Cardiff: 100 (down from 101.1)

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Bridgend: (unchanged)

Merthyr Tydfil: (down from 77.9)

Rhondda Cynon Taf: 99.9 (down from 104.9)

Hywel Dda UHB

Carmarthenshire: 69.4 (down from 74.7)

Ceredigion: 24.8 (unchanged)

Pembrokeshire: (down from 42.9)

Powys Teaching Health Board

Powys: 117 from 120.1) (down

Swansea Bay UHB

Neath Port Talbot: 97 (up from 84.4)

Swansea: 86 from 70) (down

Wales total: 88.2 (down from 91.6) 83.9 90.2 40.5