Two more deaths and 3,200 cases

A FURTHER two people have died with coronavirus according to latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW).

The data published yesterday, also revealed there were 3,200 new positive cases bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 404,844.

The two new additional deaths recorded brings the overall toll within 28 days of a positive Covid test to 6,037 in Wales.

The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales based on the cases for every 100,000 people (seven days up to October 14) now stands at 585.1 – continuing to rise from the 560.4 reported on Monday.

The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is now Torfaen with 822.7 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Cardiff with 779.2 and Pembrokeshire with 760.6.

Test positivity rates across Wales have risen to 20.1% meaning a fifth of all those getting tests are coming back positive. A quarter of people in Pembrokeshire having their test come back positive (25.1%) – the highest of any local authority, with Cardiff not far behind (24.1%).

The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period were Cardiff with 320, Caerphilly with 313, RCT with 304, Newport with 262, Neath Port Talbot with 246, Blaenau Gwent with 180, Torfaen with 155, Pembrokeshire with 146, the Vale of Glamorgan with 141, Swansea with 127, Carmarthenshire with 125, Powys with 121 and Bridgend with 120.

Meanwhile Monmouthshire had 97, Flintshire had 80, Merthyr Tydfil had 70, Gwynedd had 65, Denbighshire had 64 and Ceredigion had 51.

The local authorities with the lowest numbers of cases include Wrexham with 47, Anglesey with 37 and Conwy with 36.

South Wales infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to October 14:

■■Blaenau Gwent: 651.3 (up from 518.2)

■■Newport: 595.4 (up from 541.8)

■■Caerphilly: 687.6 (up from 600.9)

■■Torfaen: 822.7 (up from 793.9) ■■Cardiff: 779.2 (up from 772.4) ■■Vale of Glamorgan: 743.3 (up from 738.8) ■■Merthyr Tydfil: 495.6 (up from 457.5)

■■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 503.2 (up from 463.4) ■■Bridgend: 411.4 (up from 384.9)

All Wales total: 585.1 (up from 560.4)