15 MORE DEATHS AND 3,130 POSITIVE CASES

FIFTEEN more people have died with coronavirus in Wales, according to latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW).

The data published yesterday also revealed there were 3,130 new positive cases, bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 392,282.

The 15 additional deaths bring the overall toll within 28 days of a positive Covid test to 6,005 in Wales.

The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales based on the cases for every 100,000 people (seven days up to October 10) now stands at 531.7 – a very slight drop on the 531.9 reported on Thursday.

The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is Torfaen, with 709.9 cases per 100,000 population over seven days, followed by Cardiff, 705.4, and Vale of Glamorgan with 696.9.

Test positivity rates across Wales have risen from 15.2% to 17.6% in a week, with Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan having the joint greatest proportion of tests coming back positive, at 21.3%.

The areas recording the highest numbers of Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period were Cardiff with 376, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 272, Swansea with 251, Caerphilly with 196, Neath Port Talbot with 195 and Carmarthenshire with 183.

Meanwhile, Newport had 175 new cases, Torfaen had 150, Pembrokeshire had 146, Powys had 137, Vale of Glamorgan had 135, Bridgend had 113 and Monnmouthshire had 104.

The local authority with the lowest number of cases was Ceredigion with 25.

Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to October 10: Torfaen: 709.9 (down from 726.9)

Cardiff: 705.4 (up from 698.3)

Vale of Glamorgan: 696.9 (down from 717.1) Carmarthenshire: 636.2 (up from 627.7) Pembrokeshire: 614.4 (up from 585) Caerphilly: 588.7 (down from 607.5) Anglesey: 549.7 (up from 498.3) Swansea: 547.4 (up from 543.3)

Neath Port Talbot: 547 (down from 549.8) Denbighshire: 545.5 (up from 539.2) Powys: 500.6 (up from 493.8)

Rhondda Cynon Taf: 486.2 (down from 487) Newport: 449.3 (up from 447.4) Monmouthshire: 439.8 (up from 429.2) Flintshire: 430.5 (up from 418.3)

Conwy: 420.6 (down from 424.1) Gwynedd: 415.1 (down from 415.9) Wrexham: 399.4 (down from 405.3) Bridgend: 391.7 (down from 399.9) Ceredigion: 383.8 (down from 386.5) Blaenau Gwent: 367.9 (down from 375) Merthyr Tydfil: 363 (up from 354.7)

Wales total: 531.7 (down from 531.9)