Eight further deaths as infection rates rise in wales
A FURTHER eight 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 December 2, shows the total number of Covid-related deaths in Wales now stands at 6,428.
There were also 2,356 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 516,146.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to November 28) now stands at 469.9 – a slight rise from the 464.5 reported on Thursday.
The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales remains Gwynedd with 878.3 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Vale of Glamorgan with 646.8 and Anglesey with 619.6.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period are Cardiff with 250, Swansea with 164, Bridgend and RCT both with 158, Gwynedd with 155, Newport with 131, Caerphilly with 122, Flintshire with 111, Wrexham and Carmarthenshire both with 108, and Vale of Glamorgan with 105.
Meanwhile Neath Port Talbot had 93 new cases, Pembrokeshire had 79, Powys had 74, Blaenau Gwent had 69, Anglesey had 68, Torfaen had 66, Monmoutshire had 65, and Denbighshire had 64.
The local authorities with the lowest number of cases were Conwy with 51, Merthyr Tydfil with 35, and Ceredigion with 25.
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
■■Severely immunosuppressed: 99.2%
■■Care home residents: 98.3% ■■Care home workers: 94.6%80 years and older: 96.2% ■■Healthcare workers: 97.3% ■■Social care workers: 45,877 ■■75-79 years: 97% ■■70-74 years: 96.4% ■■Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 95.4% ■■65-69 years: 95.2% ■■Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 90.2%
■■60-64 years: 93.6% ■■55-59 years: 91.9% ■■50-54 years: 90.1% ■■40-49 years: 85.4% ■■30-39 years: 79.1% ■■18-29 years: 78.7% ■■16-17 years: 76.3% ■■12-15 years: 54%
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
■■Severely immunosuppressed: 83.5%
■■Care home residents: 97.1% ■■Care home workers: 92.2% ■■80 years and older: 95.5% ■■Healthcare workers: 95.9% ■■Social care workers: 45,393 ■■75-79 years: 96.5% ■■70-74 years: 95.8% ■■Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 94% ■■65-69 years: 94.4% ■■Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 86.8%
■■60-64 years: 92.6% ■■55-59 years: 90.6% ■■50-54 years: 88.5% ■■40-49 years: 82.8% ■■30-39 years: 74.6% ■■18-29 years: 71.9% ■■16-17 years: 36%
■■12-15 years: 1.2%
Uptake of booster vaccines (according to PHW)
■■Care home residents: 82% ■■Care home workers: 63.4% ■■80 years and older: 80.6% ■■Healthcare workers: 73.7% ■■Social care workers: 33,310 ■■75-79 years: 84.3% ■■70-74 years: 83.7% ■■Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 45.6%
■■65-69 years: 74.1% ■■Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 29% ■■60-64 years: 44.1% ■■55-59 years: 27.6% ■■50-54 years: 22.6%40-49 years: 15.3%
■■30-39 years: 10%
■■18-29 years: 6.5%
■■16-17 years: 2.1%
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to November 28:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
■■Blaenau Gwent: 419.4 (down from 428)
■■Newport: 486.2 (up from 472.6) ■■Caerphilly: 441.8 (up from 429.1) ■■Torfaen: 500.2 (up from 485.3) ■■Monmouthshire: 444 (up from 439.8)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
■■Conwy: 381.4 (down from 385.7) ■■Anglesey: 619.6 (up from 599.6) ■■Gwynedd: 878.3 (up from 837.3) ■■Denbighshire: 401.3 (down from 402.3)
■■Flintshire: 490.1 (up from 489.4) ■■Wrexham: 503.8 (up from 490.6) Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
■■Cardiff: 478.6 (up from 474.8) ■■Vale of Glamorgan: 646.8 (down from 665.5)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
■■Merthyr Tydfil: 394.5 (up from 392.9)
■■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 400.8 (up from 395)
■■Bridgend: 456.3 (up from 446.1)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
■■Carmarthenshire: 432.3 (down from 440.2) ■■Pembrokeshire: 540.5 (up from 529.3)
■■Ceredigion: 229.7 (up from 220.1) Powys Teaching Health Board ■■Powys: 450 (down from 450.8) ■■Swansea Bay University Health Board
■■Neath Port Talbot: 353.8 (down from 358.7)
■■Swansea: 390.3 (up from 384.2)
■■Wales total: 469.9 (up from 464.5)