Another 28 people have died in Wales with coronavirus, reports Public Health Wales. It takes the total number of deaths of people with Covid-19 in Wales to 4,989. There were also 461 new Covid infections reported in the last 24 hour period, taking the total number of cases to 196,060.
8 deaths were reported in the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board area covering North Wales. 6 deaths were confirmed in the Cardiff and Vale Health Board area, with 5 in Cwm Taf Morgannwg and 4 in both the Aneurin Bevan and Hywel Dda Health Board areas, and 1 in Powys.
Wrexham continues to be the local authority area
with the highest case rate - 247.9
people per 100,000 population have
tested positive for the virus in the past seven days, Flintshire is next with a
rate of 231.9.
The areas with the lowest case rate are Ceredigion
with 53.6 per 100,000 people,
followed by Gwynedd with 66.6 and
Pembrokeshire with 73.1. This
compares to a Wales-wide case rate of 119
per 100,000 of the population,
according to figures published on Sunday.
More than half a million people have now received
their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Wales with 589,622 people now
having had the jab. On Saturday 32,625 people were vaccinated,
meaning more than 18.7% of the population have been inoculated.
As we stay HomeforSixNations today, watching from our settees it shows we are supporting Wales on and off the pitch…
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