Over 700 new cases as 19 die

A FURTHER 19 people have died with coronavirus in Wales while the number of new positive cases has fallen for a second day in a row.

Public Health Wales (PHW), in its daily update yesterday, announced that 744 more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 following a lab test. This was a fall from the 958 positive cases reported on Saturday, November 7.

PHW also confirmed that 19 more people had lost their lives with the virus to take the total to 2,033.

Merthyr Tydfil is still the local authority with the most cases per 100,000 over a seven-day average although the number has fallen to 523.8, a drop from 610 on Saturday.

Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) has the second-highest incidence rate with 466.7 cases per 100,000, down from 517.3, while Blaenau Gwent is third with 409.4, down on 478.1 the previous day.

Wales as a whole now averages 219.1 cases per 100,000 people, a drop from 245.4 on Saturday and 254.9 on Friday.

Rhondda Cynon Taf reported the most positive cases in the last 24 hours with 102, followed by Cardiff with 57, Swansea with 55, Caerphilly with 55, Bridgend with 54, Flintshire with 46 and Wrexham with 43.

Newport had 34 new cases while cases in Merthyr Tydfil cases fell to 30; Carmarthenshire had 29, Neath Port Talbot had 25, Powys had 22, Conwy had 21, and Blaenau Gwent had 19.

Meanwhile, Torfaen had 17 new cases, Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan both reported 15 and Ceredigion had 14.

Four counties had the number of new cases in single figures – Denbighshire with nine, both Gwynedd and Anglesey with six and Pembrokshire with four.

Cases per 100,000 for rolling seven days (Oct 30-Nov 5) in South Wales:

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

■ Blaenau Gwent: 409.4 (Down)

■ Caerphilly: 285.0 (Down)

■ Newport: 172.0 (Down)

■ Torfaen: 150.1 (Down)

■ Monmouthshire: 130.0 (Down)

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

■ Cardiff: 242.8 (Down)

■ Vale of Glamorgan: 143.7 (Down)

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

■ Merthyr Tydfil: 523.8 (Down)

■ Rhondda Cynon Taf: 466.7 (Down)

■ Bridgend: 310.8 (Down)

■ Wales total - 219.1 (Down)