17 deaths and 2,799 new cases
SEVENTEEN more people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New figures published yesterday, which cover the 24 hours up to 9am on November 3, shows the total number of Covid-related deaths in Wales now stands at 6,201. There were also 2,799 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 450,455.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to October 30) now stands at 550.6 – a slight rise from the 546.2 reported on Wednesday.
The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is now Vale of Glamorgan with 777 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Torfaen with 752.4 and Caerphilly with 724.6.
The test positivity rate across Wales is at 23.4%. Nearly three in 10 people in Caerphilly are testing positive (28%), which is the highest of any local authority.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period were Cardiff with 335, Swansea with 211, RCT with 203, Caerphilly with 198, Vale of Glamorgan with 164, and Neath Port Talbot with 148.
Carmarthenshire had 141 new cases, Powys had 126, Torfaen had 124, Pembrokeshire had 123, Bridgend had 113, Flintshire had 103, Gwynedd had 97, Wrexham had 95, Newport and Monmouthshire both had 84, Conwy had 76 and Blaenau Gwent and Denbighshire both had 75.
The local authorities with the lowest number of cases included Merthyr Tydfil with 65, Ceredigion with 44 and Anglesey with 31.
As of November 3 there were 785 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a significant rise on the 758 reported the day before.
Aneurin Bevan UHB had the most Covid patients in general and acute hospital beds on November 3 with 196 followed by Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB with 142, Cardiff and Vale UHB with 133, Hywel Dda UHB with 124, Swansea Bay UHB with 94 and Betsi Cadwaladr UHB with 91. There were 72 people in invasive ventilated beds in Wales with coronavirus. Cardiff and Vale UHB had 19, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and Betsi Cadwaladr UHB both had 13, Hywel Dda UHB had 11, Aneurin Bevan UHB had nine and Swansea Bay UHB had seven.