Three more deaths in Wales as number of new cases up
THREE more people have died in Wales after testing positive for coronavirus, and nearly 1,000 new positive cases have been recorded.
Yesterday’s figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) show 950 positive cases have been logged in the latest 24-hour period, and three people have died, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,711.
Cardiff remains the local authority area with the highest number of cases per 100,000 people.
It has had 270.1 cases in the last seven days when adjusted for population, up from 239 per 100,000 people on Saturday, and Merthyr Tydfil has 205.5, up from 179.
Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) is third with 183.6 (up from 169.9 on Saturday), and Bridgend has gone down and is now the fourth highest at 182.3 per 100,000, down from 192.5 the day before.
The number of cases in Caerphilly, the first area to go into local lockdown more than a month ago, crept above 100 cases per 100,000 with 100.5.
The other local authority areas recording more than 100 cases included
Wrexham with 175.8 (down from 180.2), Flintshire with 135.2 (down from 137.7), Blaenau Gwent with 170.3 (up from 150.3), Swansea with 138.9 (down from 139.9), Conwy with 120.3 (down from 132.2), Neath Port Talbot with 136.1 (down from 138.2).
The all-wales infection rate is 130.9 per 100,000, which is up from 125.4 recorded the day before.
Several hospitals are now reporting Covid-19 outbreaks, including the Royal Glamorgan, the Royal Gwent, Princess of Wales, Prince Charles and Morriston.
Cardiff, with 247, saw the most new cases reported yesterday, followed by RCT with 115 and Swansea with 60.
Wrexham had 55 new cases and Bridgend 51. Blaenau Gwent had 34, Merthyr 39 and Caerphilly 37. Denbighshire had 33 new cases and Flintshire 27.
There were also double-digit increases in Carmarthenshire, 19, Pembrokeshire, 16, Monmouthshire, 19, Newport, 22, Torfaen, 15, Conwy, 15, Anglesey, 12, Gwynedd, 14 and the Vale of Glamorgan 17. Powys had 12 new cases.
Ceredigion had only two new cases.