Four more deaths and 480 new virus cases
FOUR more people have died with coronavirus and more than 480 new positive cases have been identified, it has been revealed.
Latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) for Monday, October 12 show that 487 new positive cases have been diagnosed following a lab test, an increase on 467 on Sunday.
The NHS body also said that four new deaths among people who had tested positive had been reported to them, bringing the total to 1,673.
Cardiff reported the highest number of new cases on Monday with 84, followed by Wrexham with 42, Flintshire with 36, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 35, Caerphilly with 28, Conwy with 24, Bridgend with 22 and Gwynedd with 21.
Other local authorities in double figures included Denbighshire with 17, Vale of Glamorgan and Swansea with 12, Blaenau Gwent had 11 and Pembrokeshrie and Merthyr Tydfil with 10.
Meanwhile, Newport had nine, Neath Port Talbot and Torfaen had eight, Carmarthenshire had six, Powys had five, Monmouthshire had four and Anglesey had three.
Ceredigion was the only local authority to record no new cases of the virus.
There were 78 cases from people outside of Wales included in the figures, which Public Health Wales said referred to mainly young people with Welsh home addresses but who were currently living outside Wales.
These are the seven-day rolling totals for new cases (September 29 to October 5). All figures are reported as cases adjusted for population (per 100,000 people): Merthyr Tydfil: 205.5 (Down) Flintshire: 166.6 (Up) Wrexham: 165.5 (Up) Rhondda Cynon Taf: 151.7 (Down) Cardiff: 151.3 (Unchanged) Bridgend: 138 (Down) Swansea: 113.4 (Down) Conwy: 110.9 (Up) Denbighshire: 109.7 (Down) Neath Port Talbot: 108.2 (Down) Blaenau Gwent: 107.4 (Down) Caerphilly: 95.5 (Up)
■ Gwynedd: 93.1 (Up) ■ Torfaen: 58.5 (Down) ■ Vale of Glamorgan: 53.9 (Up) ■ Carmarthenshire: 53.5 (Down) ■ Newport: 51.7 (Down) ■ Anglesey: 45.7 (Down) ■ Powys: 37.8 (Down) ■ Monmouthshire: 37 (Up) ■ Ceredigion: 33 (Down) ■ Pembrokeshire: 29.4 (Up) ■ Wales overall: 103.6 (Down)
Dr Giri Shankar, incident director for the novel coronavirus outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said on Monday: “Public Health Wales supports the introduction of restrictions in Bangor following a sharp rise in cases. The new measures came into force at 6pm yesterday to protect people’s health and control the spread of the virus.
“Local restrictions are now in place in Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, and Wrexham local authority areas, and in the hyperlocal areas of Bangor and Llanelli.
“People who live in these areas must abide by these restrictions to protect themselves, their families, friends, older and vulnerable people, and keep Wales safe. For more information about restrictions in your area, visit the Welsh Government website.
“It is vital that people in every part of Wales stick to social distancing guidelines: that’s staying two metres away from others, and washing hands regularly. They must also self-isolate immediately when asked to do so.”
He added: “We are aware of misinformation circulating on social media which suggests that testing for Covid-19 generates a positive result for flu or common cold viruses. This is completely incorrect.
“The swab (PCR, antigen) test for Covid-19 has been specifically developed to detect the presence of the SARS-COV-2 virus - also known as Covid-19 - and has a proven accuracy rate of 99.91%.”