Six more people die across Wales

SIX more people have died with coronavirus in Wales and more than 1,150 new positive cases have been identified.

Latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) show 1,158 positive test results have been reported in the past 24 hours, a rise on the 1,104 announced on Sunday.

A total of 43,839 people have now tested positive in Wales since the pandemic began last March.

PHW also announced that six more people had died to bring the overall death toll with lab-confirmed coronavirus to 1,783.

On Saturday, October 24, 16 deaths were announced – the highest daily number of deaths since May 28.

Merthyr Tydfil remains the local authority with the most cases per 100,000 population, increasing to 379.6 from 374.6 on Sunday.

Rhondda Cynon Taf had the second highest with 341.1 cases, up from 331.2, while Blaenau Gwent was third with 322.1, a big leap on 272 on Sunday.

The numbers look at a rolling seven-day average between October 17 and October 23.

Cardiff recorded the most positive cases over the past 24 hours with 199, followed by RCT with 143, Swansea with 121, Neath Port Talbot with 77, Caerphilly with 76, and Carmarthenshire with 72.

Other local authorities reporting high numbers of cases included Bridgend with 63, Blaenau Gwent with 50, Newport with 41, Wrexham with 40, Merthyr Tydfil with 32, Torfaen with 31, and Flintshire with 30.

Meanwhile, Monmouthshire had 27 new cases, Conwy had 22, Vale of Glamorgan had 16, Powys had 13, Denbighshire, Ceredigion, and Gwynedd each had 10, Anglesey had eight, and Pembrokeshire had five.

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