The door has been opened today...load up the car and we're off...Hopefully it is the restart of normal life...

The door has been opened today to a touch of freedom after a long year of sacrifice and isolation for many. Let us hope that the release of the shackles of restriction does not create a wave of new cases and deaths that reverts us all back to the despondency and deprivation of our everyday liberty to be free to go wherever we wish. Be sensible, be safe and stay well...

Seven more people have died with coronavirus in Wales, reports Public Health Wales. It brings the total number of deaths reported to the health body since the pandemic began to 5,505. A further 201 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of positive tests to 208,895.

3 of the deaths happened in the Cardiff and Vale Health Board area. Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board area in South Wales and Hywel Dda Health Board area in West Wales both recorded 1 death each. In North Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board area also recorded 1 death. The new case figures and locations are 21 in Swansea, 19 in Cardiff, 17 in Gwynedd, 15 in Denbighshire and 14 in Newport. The seven day rolling case rate per 100,000 population for the whole of Wales remains at 38.5 but the average testing positivity rate is down to 3%.

 

Merthyr Tydfil has the highest case rate, where it has risen again to 139.2, followed by Anglesey where it is also up at 98.5, followed by Blaenau Gwent at 63, Flintshire at 62.1 and Swansea at 53.8. The case rate in Ceredigion is now just 4.1, after three cases in the seven days up to 22 March.

 

A further 23,735 have now received a first vaccination and the total now stands at 1,365,355 which is equivalent to 43.2% of the total population, another 11,080 people have now had a second vaccination, so that total now stands at 400,743 which is equivalent to 12.7% of the total population.

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

Thought for the Day…

Please remember, just because you’ve had the vaccine, it is not known whether it will stop someone catching and passing on the virus, but it is expected to reduce this risk. So, it is still important to take care, wear a mask and social distance to protect others.