51 MORE DIE, 1,480 NEW CASES

A FURTHER 51 people have died with coronavirus in Wales and more than 1,400 new positive cases have been confirmed.

The latest statistics released by Public Health Wales (PHW) yesterday show 1,480 people have tested positive for the virus in Wales in the last 24-hour period – a huge rise on 667 recorded on Tuesday.

It brings the number of positive tests since the outbreak began to 82,489, while 2,614 people have died with lab-confirmed coronavirus.

The infection rate across Wales as a whole now stands at 227.9 per 100,000 people based on the seven days up to November 29. This is an increase from 217.8 on Tuesday.

Blaenau Gwent remains the local authority in Wales with the highest infection rate in Wales with a seven-day rate of 453.8 cases per 100,000 population, up from 435.1 the day before.

Torfaen is second with an infection rate of 402.3 cases per 100,000, down from 410.8 on Tuesday. Neath Port Talbot is third with 389.4, up from 374 yesterday.

The local authorities with the highest number of new cases yesterday are Cardiff with 206, Swansea with 191, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 138, Caerphilly with 125 and Neath Port Talbot with 107.

Other areas with high new case rates are Newport and Carmarthenshire with 90 each, Blaenau Gwent with 74, Bridgend with 61, Vale of Glamorgan with 56, Pembrokeshire with 48, Wrexham with 45, Torfaen with 43, Monmouthshire with 40, and Flintshire with 39.

Local authorities with cases under 30 include Merthyr Tydfil with 25, Denbighshire with 16, Conwy, Powys and Ceredigion with 13, Anglesey with 11 and Gwynedd with five. Cases per 100,000 for rolling seven days (Nov 23-29)

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Blaenau Gwent: 453.8 (Up from 435.1)

■ Torfaen: 402.3 (Down from 410.8)

■ Newport: 307.7 (Down from 309.7)

■ Caerphilly: 294.9 (Up from 281.7)

■ Monmouthshire: 180.8 (Up from 177.6)

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

■ Wrexham: 194.2 (Up from 167)

■ Flintshire: 114.7 (Up from 105.1)

■ Anglesey: 85.7 (Up from 81.4)

■ Denbighshire: 59.6 (Down from 65.8)

■ Gwynedd: 33.7 (Up from 31.3)

■ Conwy: 30.7 (Up from 29.9) Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

■ Cardiff: 226.8 (Up from 219.9)

■ Vale of Glamorgan: 184.1 (Up from 169.9)

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Merthyr Tydfil: 331.5 (Up from 326.6)

Rhondda Cynon Taf: 322.9 (Up from 304.6)

Bridgend: 228.5 (Up from 208.1) Hywel Dda University Health Board

Carmarthenshire: 215.1 (Up from 204.5)

Ceredigion: 145.8 (Down from 155.4)

Pembrokeshire: 150.2 (Up from 130.3)

Powys Teaching Health Board

Powys: 86.8 (Up from 86.1) Swansea Bay University Health Board

Neath Port Talbot: 389.4 (Up from 374)

Swansea: 341.3 (Up from 319.4) Wales total – 227.9 (up from 217.8)w