Infection rate falls again

TEN more people have died with coronavirus in Wales – but the sevenday infection rate has again fallen.

New figures from Public Health Wales published yesterday also shows there were 2,210 new positive cases.

The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales now stands at 548.2 – a sixth consecutive day where rates have fallen.

The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period were Cardiff with 348, Caerphilly with 203 and Vale of Glamorgan with 164. Carmarthenshire had 110, Powys had 98 new cases, Swansea had 88 and Neath Port Talbot had 80.

Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to October 25:

■■Torfaen: 776.9 (down from 792.9) ■■Vale of Glamorgan: 723.9 (down from 734.4) ■■Caerphilly: 703.6 (down from 715.7) ■■Pembrokeshire: 683.5 (unchanged) ■■Blaenau Gwent: 679.9 (down from 712.8) ■■Neath Port Talbot: 653.8 (down from 676.1) ■■Newport: 640 (down from 662) ■■Cardiff: 607 (down from 616.5) ■■Monmouthshire: 596.3 (down from 604.7) ■■Carmarthenshire: 523.9 (down from 536.6) ■■Merthyr Tydfil: 522.2 (down from 538.7) ■■Swansea: 510.1 (down from 523.5) ■■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 492.8 (down from 527.6) ■■Denbighshire: 474.4 (down from 478.6) ■■Bridgend: 466.5 (down from 484.2) ■■Ceredigion: 455.3 (down from 499.3) ■■Powys: 452.3 (down from 475.7) ■■Gwynedd: 435.1 (up from 424.7) ■■Wrexham: 400.9 (up from 365.6) ■■Anglesey: 386.9 (up from 374.1) ■■Flintshire: 382.4 (up from 376.7) ■■Conwy: 359.2 (up from 346.4) ■■All-wales total: 548.2 (down from 558.9)