Two further deaths as infection rate drops

ALL local authority areas in Wales have had fewer than 50 cases for every 100,000 people in the last week.

A further two people have died with Covid in Wales and another 126 positive cases identified.

Yesterday’s figures published by Public Health Wales show the total number of cases diagnosed in Wales since the outbreak began is 209,942.

The total number of people to have died in Wales within a month of testing positive for the virus has risen to 5,521.

The reported number of cases includes the 48hour period up to 9am on Easter Monday, which explains why the case numbers are higher than anticipated. The infection rate across Wales has dropped once again and is now 24.8 per 100,000 people, based on the seven days up to April 1, a drop from 28.1 on Monday.

Meanwhile the percentage of tests coming back with positive results is now 2.3%, way below the key benchmark of 5%.

The latest figures also show that 1,493,192 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and 469,251 have had both doses.

Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):

Care home residents: 15,103 (97.1%)

Care home workers: 33,821 (88.9%)

Healthcare workers: 131,696 (92.7%)

Social care workers: 44,223 (no percentage available)

80 years and older: 166,538 (95%)

75-79 years: 127,500 (95.7%)

70-74 (95.1%)

Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 74,959 (92%)

65-69 years: 167,863 (93.1%)

Clinical risk 16-64 years: (81.3%)

60-64 years: 184,1228 (89.6%)

55-59 (84.3%)

50-54 (67.2%)

Cardiff had the most years: 174,683 groups 285,931 years: 196,905 years: 153,073 reported new cases on Tuesday with 30, followed by Swansea with 21 and Rhondda Cynon Taf with 10. Wrexham reported nine new cases, Neath Port Talbot and Newport both reported seven new cases.

Vale of Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire each reported four new cases and Torfaen reported five new cases.

Blaenau Gwent, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Bridgend, and Carmarthenshire each reported three new cases. Anglesey, Conwy, Denbigshire, and Merthyr Tydfil each reported two new cases.

Caerphilly, Ceredigion and Powys each reported one new cases. Monmoutshire reported no new cases on Tuesday.