Five more deaths and 2,927 new positive cases in Wales
A FURTHER five people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New data published on Friday, November 26, which covers the 24-hour period up to 9am on November 25, shows the total number of Covid-related deaths in Wales now stands at 6,382.
There were also 2,927 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 501,028.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to November 21) now stands at 494.4 - a drop from the 499.9 reported on Thursday.
The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales remains Gwynedd with 882.3 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Vale of Glamorgan with 656.5 and Monmouthshire with 567.7.
The test positivity rate across Wales is at 17.8%, a fall from the 18% reported on Thursday.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases are Cardiff with 322, Gwynedd with 244, Swansea with 201, Vale of Glamorgan with 158, Flintshire with 157, and Newport with 155.
Meanwhile Carmarthenshire had 146 new cases, RCT had 145, Bridgend had 137, Caerphilly had 132, Wrexham had 131, Torfaen had 125, Powys had 113, and Pembrokeshire had 111.
The local authorities with the lowest number of cases were Anglesey with 93, Neath Port Talbot and Conwy both with 90, Denbighshire with 77, Monmouthshire with 60, Blaenau Gwent with 52, Merthyr Tydfil with 49, and Ceredigion with 36.
As of November 25 there were 589 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a rise on the 587 reported on November 24. There were 52 people in a ventilated intensive care bed with Covid-19 on November 23, a fall on the 54 reported the day before.
The latest data showed that 2,465,943 people had received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,260,662 had been given both doses.
To date 781,025 people have received their Covid booster vaccine according to PHW, including more than three-quarters of care home residents (79.6%) and over 80s (78.5%), over twothirds of healthcare workers (71.8%) and over half of all care home workers (62.1%).
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW): ■■Severely immunosuppressed: 99.2%
■■Care home residents: 98.2% ■■Care home workers: 94.5% ■■80 years and older: 96.2% ■■Healthcare workers: 97.2% ■■Social care workers: 45,818 ■■75-79 years: 97% ■■70-74 years: 96.4% ■■Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 95.3% ■■65-69 years: 95.2% ■■Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 90.2%
■■60-64 years: 93.6% ■■55-59 years: 91.9% ■■50-54 years: 90.1% ■■40-49 years: 85.3% ■■30-39 years: 79% ■■18-29 years: 78.6% ■■16-17 years: 76%
■■12-15 years: 52.8%
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
■■Severely immunosuppressed: 79.7%
■■Care home residents: 97% ■■Care home workers: 92.1% ■■80 years and older: 95.4% ■■Healthcare workers: 95.8% ■■Social care workers: 45,318 ■■75-79 years: 96.4% ■■70-74 years: 95.8% ■■Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 93.9%
■■65-69 years: 94.4% ■■Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 86.6%
■■60-64 years: 92.5% ■■55-59 years: 90.6% ■■50-54 years: 88.5% ■■40-49 years: 82.7% ■■30-39 years: 74.4% ■■18-29 years: 71.6%
■■16-17 years: 31.2%
■■12-15 years: 0.8%
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to November 20: ■■Gwynedd: 882.3 (up from 854.2) ■■Vale of Glamorgan: 656.5 (down from 661) ■■Monmouthshire: 567.7 (down from 574.1)
■■Wrexham: 556.8 (down from 564.9) ■■Pembrokeshire: 551.6 (down from 554.8)
■■Merthyr Tydfil: 528.8 (down from 553.7)
■■Anglesey: 504 (up from 479.7) ■■Cardiff: 502.9 (down from 512.4) ■■Carmarthenshire: 487.9 (down from 494.8)
■■Flintshire: 486.2 (down from 487.5) ■■Denbighshire: 483.8 (up from 479.6)
■■ Torfaen: 476.8 (down from 501.3) ■■Bridgend: 453.9 (up from 435.2) ■■Powys: 453.1 (down from 464.4) ■■Neath Port Talbot: 448.7 (down from 456.3) ■■Caerphilly: 446.8 (down from 462.2)
■■Swansea: 443.7 (down from 465.2)
■■Rhondda Cynon Taf: 435.2 (down from 437.3)
■■Newport: 430.6 (down from 448.7)
■■Blaenau Gwent: 416.5 (up from 410.8)
■■Conwy: 397.6 (up from 380.5) ■■Ceredigion: 268.2 (up from 266.9) ■■Wales total: 494.4 (down from 499.9)