Coronavirus case rates in some of the hardest hit parts of Wales are falling, according to figures provided by Public Health Wales. The case rate for Wales as a whole is now the lowest it has been since 6th December. Rhondda Cynon Taf now has its lowest case rate since the start of December, at 394.6.
Friday’s report from Public Health Wales shows a further 54 people were reported to have died with Covid-19. Figures also published on Friday show there were also 1,808 new Covid infections reported in Wales, taking the total number of cases to 117,864. At least 4,171 people are now known to have died in Wales with the virus.
Of
the deaths reported on Friday, 18
were in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area, 9 in Swansea Bay, 2 in
Powys, and 8 in the Aneurin Bevan
area. 3 were reported by the Betsi
Cadwaladr Health Board, 8 in Cardiff
and Vale and 6 in the Hywel Dda
area.
Today's update
from Public Health Wales...
Courtesy of Lloyd @Twitter
Below is a breakdown of the numbers today in the counties of Wales...
Wales COVID-19 update – 15th January 2021.
More here: https://coronaviruscymru.wales
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of my father passing away from natural causes, I remember the day well as I was on a North Sea Oil platform miles away from shore and even further away from my dad who was in Bryntirion Hospital in Llanelli. I had said goodbye to him nearly a fortnight before because I knew in my heart that I would not have the pleasure of his company ever again. The call came on Friday 17th May 1991 at 10:45 at the platform. I was due home on the following Wednesday but the message was that he was not expected to last the day. There was a helicopter in the oilfield so I was given a seat to fly back to Aberdeen to get home and in my own mind hopefully before he left us.
It was not to be though; I phoned home from Aberdeen
station but sadly the goodbyes I said nearly two weeks earlier were the last
words between us. The rail journey from Aberdeen to Bristol was difficult but
gave me the time to reflect on the times we spent together, the arguments, the
payday loan I always had off him on a Wednesday evening when I was an
apprentice and the phone calls that I received to tell me that he had won the
News of the World bingo… Always after checking his numbers for him I found that
he had made a mistake and to his disappointment he never managed to fill the
bingo card.
He did not suffer too greatly and he had most of his
family around him when he passed, the family were able to attend his funeral
without any restrictions and the day he went off to heaven was a day of
celebration of his hard working, loving, sometimes cantankerous and always on
Christmas Eve merry through one too many self…
I write this to compare the difficulties that many
families in Wales and the rest of the UK are experiencing at this time of the
pandemic by family members dying of the Covid-19 virus. Unable to say goodbye
to their loved ones, more than likely been apart for quite some time due to
being in an ICU ward and because of the lockdown restrictions a minimalistic
funeral to be able to pay their respects. Please remember that the restrictions
on travel and mixing with others is to try and eradicate this virus from our
shores and to attempt to stop those families in our communities from suffering
the heartache and loss that so many families have and without doubt others probably
will experience in the days, weeks and months ahead. Stay safe and well please…
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