Seven more people die with coronavirus

SEVEN more people have died with coronavirus in Wales and more than 1,000 new cases have been identified.

Latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) for Thursday, October 22, show 1,134 positive test results have been reported in the last 24 hours, a rise on the 962 announced on Wednesday.

PHW also announced that seven more people had died to bring the overall death toll with lab-confirmed coronavirus since the pandemic began to 1,743.

Cardiff, which remains the local authority with the highest number of cases per head of population, saw its figures soar above the 300 mark (320) per 100,000 people on Thursday, a rise on 293 on Wednesday.

Merthyr Tydfil had the second most with 290.1, up significantly from 253.6, Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) was third with 269, a big rise from 229.2, Neath Port Talbot was fourth with 224.7, up substantially from 186.3, and Wrexham fifth with 214.8, down from 219.2.

The other local authority areas recording more than 100 cases included Blaenau Gwent with 200.4, Bridgend with 193.8, Swansea with 186.6, Caerphilly with 159.6, Flintshire with 142.9, Denbighshire with 139, Anglesey with 111.4, Conwy with 108.4, Torfaen with 105.4 and Monmouthshire with 101.5.

It means 15 out of Wales’ 22 local authorities are now recording more than 100 cases per 100,000 population on a seven-day rolling basis.

The Wales overall infection rate is 164.7 per 100,000, which is up from 149.8 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.

These are the details on Thursday:

Deaths reported today: key 7

Cases reported today: 1,134 (up from 962 on Wednesday)

Number of tests carried out yesterday: 10,492 (up from 9,464 on Wednesday)

Total deaths with labconfirmed coronavirus in Wales: 1,743

Cardiff, with 221, saw by far the most new cases reported on Thursday, followed by RCT with 150, Swansea with 96, Caerphilly with 78, Neath Port Talbot with 72, Bridgend with 61, Flintshire with 48 and Wrexham with 34.

There were also double-digit increases in Carmarthenshire (32), Merthyr Tydfil (31), Newport (28), Blaenau Gwent (27), Denbighshire (23), Anglesey (20), Vale of Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire (18), Monmouthshire and Torfaen (16), Powys (15), Gwynedd (14) and Conwy (13).

Ceredigion was the only local authority to report their new cases in single figures with nine.