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A further 48 people have died with coronavirus in Wales, reports Public Health Wales. It means there has been a total of 4,274 deaths with Covid since the pandemic began. A total of 1,172 people also tested positive, taking the total to 180,161.

 

On Sunday the highest number of new cases was reported in Cardiff, where 175 people were confirmed to have Covid-19. This was followed by Wrexham, where 90 new cases have been confirmed, and neighbouring Flintshire with 87. Hywel Dda Health Board reported today 11 more deaths.

 

Wrexham continues to have the highest Covid case rate in Wales, although the seven-day average continues to fall, from a recent high of 922.3 cases per 100,000. It now stands at 825.3 per 100,000 people, compared to the Wales average of 321.9, with the high case rate blamed on the new, more easily spread, variant.

Flintshire had also seen a spike in cases in recent weeks, although this has now fallen to 529.1. Bridgend has the third highest case rate, at 447.5. Nine of Wales’s local authorities have case rates above the Welsh average. 

Today's update from Public Health Wales...

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Below is a breakdown of the numbers today in the counties of Wales...

Wales COVID-19 update – 17th January 2021.

More here: https://coronaviruscymru.wales

In the past seven days there have been 570 new cases in Carmarthenshire...

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