Eight more deaths and 2,791 new cases

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

New data published yesterday, which covers the 24-hour period up to 9am on Wednesday, shows the Covid death toll in Wales is 6,420.

There were also 2,791 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 513,790.

The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to November 27) now stands at 464.5 – a drop from the 471.8 reported on Wednesday.

The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales remains Gwynedd with 837.3 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Vale of Glamorgan with 665.5 and Anglesey with 599.6.

The test positivity rate across Wales is at 16.9%, a fall from 17% reported on Wednesday.

The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period are Cardiff with 292, Swansea with 205, Gwynedd with 203, Bridgend with 172, Pembrokeshire with 160, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 148, Flintshire with 146 and Carmarthenshire with 140.

Meanwhile Caerphilly had 136 new cases, Newport had 133, Wrexham had 130, Powys had 112, Vale of Glamorgan had 102, Anglesey had 92, Neath Port Talbot had 84, Denbighshire had 82, Monmouthshire had 77, Torfaen had 74, and Blaenau Gwent had 72.

The local authorities with the lowest number of cases were Conwy with 65, Merthyr Tydfil with 49, and Ceredigion with 27.

As of Wednesdaythere were 555 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a fall on the 568 reported the previous day.

There were 44 people in a ventilated intensive care bed with Covid-19 on Tuesday, four less than the day before.

The latest data showed that 2,469,805 people had received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,266,994 had been given both doses.

To date 874,483 people have received their Covid booster vaccine according to PHW.

Infection rate for every 100,000 people in South East Wales for the 7 days up to November 26:

■■Vale of Glamorgan: 665.5 (up from 661.7) ■■Torfaen: 485.3 (down from 489.6) ■■Cardiff: 474.8 (down from 475.9) ■■Newport: 472.6 (down from 473.9) ■■Bridgend: 446.1 (up from 433.2) ■■Caerphilly: 429.1 (down from 430.2) ■■Blaenau Gwent: 428 (down from 432.3) ■■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 395 (down from 395.8) ■■Merthyr Tydfil: 392.9 (down from 426) All-Wales average: 464.5 (down from 471.8 )