Lockdown restrictions eased today... start of the road back to normality?

12 more people have died with coronavirus in Wales, reports Public Health Wales (PHW). It takes the total number of deaths reported by PHW to 5,436 since the start of the pandemic. 9 deaths were in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area. Betsi Cadwaladr, Hywel Dda and Aneurin Bevan Health Board areas all reported a single death. Meanwhile, a further 190 new cases have been reported, while Wales' overall case rate has dropped to 41 cases per 100,000 people.

Wales' overall case rate continued to fall, dropping from 42.4 to 41.1. 16 of Wales' 22 local authority areas reported drops in the number of new infections per 100,000 people over the most recent seven-day period with stable data. Merthyr Tydfil has the highest case rate in the country, rising from 94.5 cases per 100,000 to 104.4 on Friday.

 

Anglesey now has the second highest rate in Wales, rising from 68.5 to 77.1. Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Powys and Vale of Glamorgan all saw their case rates raise modestly. Ceredigion 9.6 continues to have the lowest case rate in Wales, followed by Pembrokeshire 12.7, Monmouthshire 20.1 and Torfaen 22.3.

An additional 38,101 vaccines doses had also been administered since the last PHW update.

Today’s numbers of Covid-19 cases in the local areas of Llanelli… 

Changes to the Lockdown Restrictions announced today...

From Saturday 13 March:

• Stay at home becomes stay local.
• Four people from two different households can meet up outdoors to socialise, including in gardens - children are excluded from the number. The rules would allow people to walk through a house to access the garden, but people should not go inside the house to use the toilet.
• Outdoor sports facilities such as golf, tennis and basketball will be able to reopen.
• Designated solo visitors can enter care homes.

From Monday 15 March:

• All primary school children and those in qualifications years can return to class.
• Schools will have flexibility to bring back year 10 and 12 pupils and more students will return to colleges.
• Hairdressers and barbers can reopen - for appointments only.

From Monday 22 March:

• Gradual easing of non-essential shopping and non-essential aisles in supermarkets.
• Garden centres to reopen.

From Monday 27 March:

• Self-contained accommodation in Wales will be able to reopen provided case rates remain low.

From Monday 12 April:

• All shops, including all close contact services, will be able to open the same date as in England.
• All other pupils will return to school.

Today's Thought of the day...

And finally... Stay safe and Well...