17 deaths as rates creep up
A FURTHER 17 people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New figures published yesterday, which cover the 24-hour period up to 9am on November 16, show the total number of Covid-related deaths in Wales now stands at 6,314.
There were also 2,417 new positive cases recorded in the latest update, bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 479,712.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to November 12) now stands at 498, a rise from the 491.5 reported on Tuesday. It’s creeping back towards 500, nearly a week after the seven-day infection rate went down below this number for the first time since early October.
The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is Vale of Glamorgan with 672.2 cases per 100,000 population over seven days, closely followed by Gwynedd with 657.5 and Torfaen with 570.4.
The test positivity rate across Wales is at 19%, which has remained fairly stable this week.
The areas recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases are Cardiff with 311, Swansea (190), Vale of Glamorgan (176), Rhondda Cynon Taf (162), Caerphilly (135), Carmarthenshire (132), Newport (130) and Bridgend (108). Neath Port Talbot had 95 new cases.
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to November 12:
■ Vale of Glamorgan: 672.2 (up from 649.8)
■ Gwynedd: 657.5 (up from 604.5)
■ Torfaen: 570.4 (down from 586.4)
■ Cardiff: 562 (up from 560.4)
■ Monmouthshire: 559.3 (up from 533.9)
■ Carm’enshire: 543 (up from 537.7)
■ Powys: 540.6 (up from 527.1)
■ NPT: 540.1 (down from 552.6)
■ Merthyr: 522.2 (up from 492.3)
■ Swansea: 501.2 (down from 508.1)
■ Wrexham: 495.7 (up from 492.1)
■ B Gwent: 493.8 (down from 503.9)
■ Caerphilly: 484.3 (down from 487.1)
■ Denb’shire: 483.8 (up from 470.2)
■ Newport: 479.1 (down from 482.9)
■ Bridgend: 477.4 (down from 484.2)
■ R Cynon Taf: 424 (up from 403.3)
■ Pemb’shire: 422 (up from 403)
■ Flintshire: 370.3 (up from 366.4)
■ Conwy: 333.6 (up from 330.2)
■ Anglesey: 309.8 (up from 274.1)
■ Ceredigion: 260 (down from 286.1)
■ Wales total: 498 (up from 491.5)