South Wales Echo

Small decrease in new cases

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THESE are the key details for Sunday:

■Deaths reported: 0

■Cases reported: 362 (down from 370 on Saturday)

■Number of new tests: 11,737 (up from 11,258 on Saturday)

■Total deaths with lab-confirmed coronaviru­s in Wales: 1,612

Cardiff had the highest number of new cases reported yesterday with 56 (a jump from 36 on Saturday), closely followed by Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) which recorded 49 new cases. The number of cases in Swansea dropped to 36 (from 58 on Saturday), but Carmarthen­shire jumped up to 27, while Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil both recorded 24 and Bridgend had 22 new cases. Newport had 14 new cases, Caerphily had 13, as did the Vale of Glamorgan. Denbighshi­re, Flintshire and Wrexham all recorded 10 new cases, while Neath Port Talbot and Conwy reported eight apiece.

Torfaen had seven, Gwynedd had five and Monmouthsh­ire, Ceredigion and Powys all had four and Anglesey had three.

These are the areas’ seven-day rolling totals for new cases (Sept 18-24). All figures are reported as cases adjusted for population (per 100,000 people): ■Blaenau Gwent: 287.7 (Up) ■Merthyr Tydfil: 225.4 (Up) ■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 171.6 (Up) ■Bridgend: 108.1 (Up) ■Swansea: 93.1 (Up) ■Carmarthen­shire: 66.7 (Up) ■Cardiff: 60.2 (Up) ■Newport: 50.4 (Up) ■Caerphilly: 48.6 (Up) ■Torfaen: 47.9 (Up) ■Conwy: 41.0 (Up) ■Flintshire: 39.1 (Up) ■Denbighshi­re: 38.7 (Up) ■Neath Port Talbot: 37.0 (Up) ■Vale of Glamorgan: 34.4 (Up) ■Wrexham: 25.0 (Up) ■Anglesey: 22.8 (Up) ■Powys: 12.8 (Up) ■Pembrokesh­ire: 12.7 (Up) ■Monmouthsh­ire: 10.6 (Up) ■Gwynedd: 10.4 (Up) ■Ceredigion: 6.9 (Up) ■Wales overall: 65.3 (Up)

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