95 more positive cases recorded
TWO more people in Wales have died with coronavirus and 95 new positive cases have been identified.
The latest data published by Public Health Wales yesterday recorded 95 new positive cases to bring the total number since the outbreak began to 209,627.
The overall number of people to have died in the country within a month of testing positive for the virus has risen to 5,511.
The infection rate is 31.3 per 100,000 people, based on the seven days up to March 29 a drop from 35 on Thursday. No data was published by Public Health Wales on Good Friday, April 2.
All 22 local authorities have seven-day case rates below 100 per 100,000. Meanwhile, the percentage of tests coming back with positive results is 2.4%, well below the key benchmark of 5%. The latest figures also show 1,472,643 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and 463,445 have had both doses.
Cardiff was the area with the highest number of new cases confirmed in the latest 24-hour period with 13, followed by Gwynedd with 11 and Swansea with 10.
Newport, Carmarthenshire and Denbighshire reported three each and Monmouthshire, Torfaen, Ceredigion and Neath Port Talbot reported two each. The Vale of Glamorgan and Conwy had one each while Blaenau Gwent, Anglesey and Bridgend recorded no new cases.
Cases per 100,000 based on seven-day rolling average (March 23 to March 29): ■ Anglesey: 82.8 (down from 97.1) ■ Merthyr Tydfil: 66.3 (down from 97.8)
■ Swansea: 63.6 (down 71.7) ■ Neath Port Talbot: 57.9 (down from 62.8)
■ Gwynedd: 57.8 (up from 56.2) ■ Denbighshire: 38.7 (down from 39.7)
■ Cardiff: 32.7 (up from 30.5) ■ Conwy: 31.6 (down from 37.5) ■ Newport: 27.2 (down from 35.6) ■ Pembrokeshire: 27.0 (up from 19.9)
■ Caerphilly: 24.9 (unchanged) ■ Torfaen: 23.4 (down from 26.6) ■ Flintshire: 23.1 (down from 32) ■ Wrexham: 21.3 (up from 20.6) ■ Blaenau Gwent: 20 (down from 35.8)
■ Vale of Glamorgan: 18.0 (down 21.7)
■ Rhondda Cynon Taf: 17.7 (down from 19.1)
■ Carmarthenshire: 15.9 (down from 22.8)
■ Monmouthshire: 15.9 (down from 25.4)
■ Bridgend: 13.6 (down from 15.6) ■ Ceredigion: 11.0 (up from 4.1) ■ Powys: 9.8 (down from 13.6) ■ All-Wales average: 31.3