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One more person has died with coronavirus in Wales and 170 new positive cases have been identified.

Figures from Public Health Wales published on Tuesday reveal that the 170 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the latest 24-hour period is a fall from 193 reported on Monday. This brings the total since the start of the pandemic to 203,988.

The number of people who have died with coronavirus in Wales within a month of a positive test now stands at 5,344.

The infection rate across Wales is now 60.3 cases per 100,000 population based on the seven days up to February 25, a drop on 64 cases reported on Monday.

The latest data also shows that 933,485 people have now received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 111,716 people have received both doses.

Across Wales the positivity rate of tests is 5.9% for the past sevenday period, down from 6.1%. This is below a key Welsh Government threshold for easing lockdown restrictions.

The highest rate is in Gwynedd where 8.3% of tests have come back positive in the last week.

Cases per 100,000 based on sevenday rolling average (February 19 to February 25):

Conwy: 93.9 (Up from 87.9)

Gwynedd: 86.7 (Up from 85.1)

Torfaen: 80.9 (Up from 78.8)

Flintshire: 73 (Down from 81.4)

Caerphilly: 72.3 (Down from 80.1)

Wrexham: 71.3 (Unchanged)

Newport: 67.2 (Down from 75.6)

Anglesey: 67.1 (Down from 81.4)

Merthyr Tydfil: 66.3 (Up from 58)

Cardiff: 63 (Down from 71.4)

Powys: 62.7 (Down from 64.9)

Neath Port Talbot: 60.7 (Up from 57.2)

Denbighshire: 57.5 (Down from 66.9)

Carmarthenshire: 55.6 (Down from 59.3)

Swansea: 53.8 (Up from 53)

Monmouthshire: 50.7 (Down from 55)

Rhondda Cynon Taf: 46 (Down from 50.6)

Vale of Glamorgan: 43.4 (Down from 49.4)

Blaenau Gwent: 41.5 (Down from 42.8)

Bridgend: 40.8 (Down from 42.8)

Pembrokeshire: 27.8 (Down from 35)

Ceredigion: 24.8 (Up from 22)

Wales total: 60.3 (Down from 64)