ONE MORE DEATH, 28 NEW CASES

WALES has recorded one new coronavirus death and 28 positive cases in the past 24 hours, it has been revealed.

The new data published by Public Health Wales yesterday brings the overall number of positive cases since the pandemic began in Wales to 212,582. However, the number of cases of the Indian variant of concern has been rising and is up to 57 cases of VOC-21APR-02 as of Tuesday,.

The seven-day infection rate across Wales now stands at 8.9, based on the number of new infections confirmed per 100,000 population in the week up to May 21, a rise on the 8.6 reported on Tuesday. Much of the rise can be attributed to the county of Bridgend, which saw its infection rate increase from 12.2 to 18.4 per 100,000.

Monmouthshire now has the highest seven-day infection rate of anywhere in Wales with 20.1 per 100,000, followed by Bridgend with 18.4 and Newport with 15.5.

The overall Covid death toll in Wales since the start of the pandemic has now risen to 5,567 people.

The percentage of Covid tests coming back with a positive result is 1%, significantly below the key benchmark of 5%. The figure has been fluctuating around the same level for the last four weeks.

It comes after Wales fully vaccinated one million adults last weekend against coronavirus with 1,037,749 now having received two doses of the vaccine.

Some 2,112,647 over-18s have also now received their first dose.

Wrexham reported the most new cases yesterday with four, followed by Denbighshire, Cardiff, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot with three. Flintshire reported two, while Blaenau Gwent, Newport, Torfaen, Conwy, Gwynedd and Carmarthenshire reported one each.