17 more people die with coronavirus and 2,700 new positive cases in wales

SEVENTEEN more people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to latest figures from Public Health Wales.

New figures published yesterday, which cover the 24 hours up to 9am on Wednesday, shows the total number of Covid-related deaths in Wales now stands at 6,201.

There were also 2,799 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 450,455.

The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to October 30) now stands at 550.6 – a slight rise from the 546.2 reported on Wednesday. It’s the first time in seven days that the infection rate has risen.

The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is now Vale of Glamorgan with 777 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Torfaen with 752.4 and Caerphilly with 724.6.

The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period were Cardiff with 335, Swansea with 211, RCT with 203, Caerphilly with 198, Vale of Glamorgan with 164, and Neath Port Talbot with 148.

Meanwhile Carmarthenshire had 141 new cases, Powys had 126, Torfaen had 124, Pembrokeshire had 123, Bridgend had 113, Flintshire had 103, Gwynedd had 97, Wrexham had 95, Newport and Monmouthshire each had 84, Conwy had 76 and Blaenau Gwent and Denbighshire each had 75.

The local authorities with the lowest number of cases included Merthyr Tydfil with 65, Ceredigion with 44 and Anglesey with 31.

As of Wednesday there were 785 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a significant rise on the 758 reported the day before.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (UHB) had the most Covid patients in general and acute hospital beds on November 3 with 196 followed by Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB with 142, Cardiff and Vale UHB with 133, Hywel Dda UHB with 124, Swansea Bay UHB with 94 and Betsi Cadwaladr UHB with 91.

As of Wednesday there were 72 people in invasive ventilated beds in Wales with coronavirus. Cardiff and Vale UHB had 19, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and Betsi Cadwaladr UHB both had 13, Hywel Dda UHB had 11, Aneurin Bevan UHB had nine and Swansea Bay UHB had seven.

Yesterday Public Health Wales figures showed that 2,448,204 people have had one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,246,341 have had both doses.

PHW has now released figures on the number of people who have received their Covid booster vaccine. To date 476,545 have had

it including more than two-thirds of care home residents (70.2%), close to two-thirds of healthcare workers (66.1%), and more than half of care home workers (55.7%) and those over 80 years old (61.4%).

Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to October 30:

■Vale of Glamorgan: 777 (up from 741.8)

■Torfaen: 752.4 (down from 761)

■Caerphilly: 724.6 (down from 730.1)

■Pembrokeshire: 677.2 (up from 657.3)

■Blaenau Gwent: 635.5 (down from 655.6)

■Neath Port Talbot: 635 (down from 646.1)

■Cardiff: 620.6 (up from 601.5)

■Newport: 620 (down from 629.7)

■Monmouthshire: 547.6 (down from 561.4)

■Carmarthenshire: 510.7 (down from 512.8)

■Swansea: 502 (down from 506.5)

■Bridgend: 491.7 (up from 467.2)

■Merthyr Tydfil: 485.7 (down from 503.9)

■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 480.4 (down from 491.2)

■Denbighshire: 477.6 (up from 469.2)

■Gwynedd: 476.1 (up from 442.4)

■Powys: 457.6 (down from 460.6)

■Ceredigion: 430.6 (down from 448.4)

■Wrexham: 417.8 (up from 409.7)

■Flintshire: 417.7 (up from 399.7)

■Anglesey: 406.9 (up from 395.5)

■Conwy: 371.2 (up from 363.5)

■All-Wales average: 550.6 (up from 546.2)