LATEST FIGURES

ANOTHER 49 people have died with coronavirus in Wales in the latest 24 hours, although the infection rate across the country has dipped to its lowest point since October 4.

Latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) yesterday show 675 new cases of the virus have been recorded, a jump from the 399 reported on Friday. It brings the total since the pandemic began to 195,599.

The number of people who have now died with the virus in Wales has reached 4,961.

Following the latest figures, the Wales infection rate is 122.6 per 100,000 population for the seven days up to February 1, a decrease from 129.8 on Friday. It has not been this low for more than four months.

PHW data shows 556,997 people have received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine as of 10pm on Friday, up 33,955 on the figure published 24 hours earlier.

That’s 17.6% of the population. Some 2,471 people have now received both of their vaccine jabs.

Meanwhile, Wrexham remains the local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales with a sevenday rate of 272.1 cases per 100,000 population, which is down from 309.7 on Friday.

Flintshire has the second-highest rate with 233.8 cases per 100,000, a decrease from 249.2 the day before.

Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf reported the most new cases in the latest 24-hour period with 67 each. The Vale of Glamorgan was next with 56, followed by Flintshire with 41, Swansea with 37, Newport with 35, Wrexham with 34, and Torfaen with 33.

Caerphilly reported 29 new cases, Carmarthenshire had 28, Gwynedd, Powys and Conwy had 27 apiece, Neath Port Talbot had

25, and Merthyr Tydfil had 22.

Bridgend had 18, Blaenau

Gwent and Anglesey both had

17, and Monmouthshire and Pembrokeshire both had 10.

Two locations recorded singledigit rises in new cases in the latest daily figures, with Denbighshire having six and Ceredigion having five.

Across Wales, the positivity rate of tests is 10.5% for the past sevenday period. The highest rate is in Wrexham, where 17.9% of tests have come back positive in the last week.

Cases per 100,000 based on seven-day rolling average (January 26 to February 1):

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Powys Teaching Health Board

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Wales total – 122.6 (Down from 129.8 )