Seven more deaths recorded

A FURTHER seven people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.

New figures published yesterday show there were also 2,408 new positive cases and the latest seven-day infection rate across now stands at 521.2 – a rise from the 512.5 reported on Friday.

But the number of patients in hospital with coronavirus has seemingly peaked.

The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases are Cardiff with 256, Gwynedd with 188, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 164 and Swansea with 155. Powys had 107 cases, Carmarthenshire had 105, and Neath Port Talbot had 94. Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to November 15: ■■Gwynedd: 772.3 (up from 709.7) ■■Vale of Glamorgan: 695.4 (up from 682) ■■Torfaen: 567.3 (down from 573.6) ■■Merthyr Tydfil: 557 (up from 547) ■■Cardiff: 556.8 (down from 567.2) ■■Monmouthshire: 556.1 (down from 569.8) ■■Wrexham: 553.1 (up from 524.4) ■■Carmarthenshire: 548.8 (up from 546.7) ■■Powys: 547.4 (down from 552) ■■Swansea: 524.3 (up from 516.2) ■■Denbighshire: 514.1 (up from 492.2) ■■Neath Port Talbot: 508.7 (down from 514.3) ■■Caerphilly: 507 (up from 500.3) ■■Newport: 504.3 (up from 500.4) ■■Blaenau Gwent: 495.3 (up from 493.8) ■■Pembrokeshire: 484.8 (up from 456.2) ■■Bridgend: 465.8 (down from 474.7) ■■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 461.7 (up from 438.1) ■■Flintshire: 436.3 (up from 411.3) ■■Conwy: 361.8 (up from 354.9) ■■Anglesey: 352.6 (up from 349.8) ■■Ceredigion: 279.2 (up from 268.2) ■■All-wales average: 521.2 (up from 512.5)