City has most new virus cases

THREE more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Wales.

The latest daily update from Public Health Wales (PHW) yesterday recorded 190 new positive cases in the last 24-hour period, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 208,694. The number of people who have died with coronavirus in Wales within a month of a positive test is now at 5,495.

The infection rate across Wales is now 38.5 cases per 100,000 of population based on the seven days up to March 20. The percentage of tests coming back with positive results is now further below the key 5% benchmark at 3.1% in the past seven days.

The data shows that 1,341,620 people have now received a first dose of the vaccine and a further 389,663 have had both jabs.

Swansea saw the highest number of new cases with 30 followed by Cardiff with 22, Neath Port Talbot had 15, Carmarthenshire had seven and Powys one.

Cases per 100,000 on seven-day rolling average (March 15 to March 21):

Merthyr Tydfil: 134.3 (up from 127.6)

Anglesey: 91.4 (down from 94.2)

Blaenau Gwent: 70.1 (down from 74.4)

Flintshire: 63.4 (down from 66.6) Conwy: 52 (unchanged) Newport: 51.7 (up from 51.1)

Swansea: 51.4 (up from 49)

Neath Port Talbot: 50.9 (up from 50.2)

Caerphilly: 44.7 (down from 46.4)

Gwynedd: 32.1 (down from 36.1)

Cardiff: 32.7 (down from 33)

Vale of Glamorgan: 32.2 (down from 38.2)

Wrexham: 29.4 (down from 33.8)

Pembrokeshire: 27.8 (down from 30.2)

Carmarthenshire: 27.5 (down from 28.1)

Denbighshire: 21.9 (down from 24)

Rhondda Cynon Taf: 21.6 (down from 22.4)

Powys: 19.6 (up from 16.6) Torfaen: 17 (up from 16) Bridgend: 15 (down from 16.3)

Monmouthshire: 12.7 (down from 14.8)

Ceredigion: 9.6 (unchanged)

All-wales average: 38.5 (down from 39.1)