Wales has reported no further Covid-related deaths in the last 24
hours for the fourth time in the last eight days. Wales' case rate has dropped to its lowest since 1 September with 11.9 per 100,000 people
testing positive while weekly average case numbers are also at their lowest for
eight months.
Public Health Wales confirmed 35 new Covid cases on Wednesday and no deaths. Wales is now averaging about 50 Covid cases a week, compared to about 3,500 over the same period in December. The number of people who have died with coronavirus remains at 5,514 while the total number of cases standing at 211,389.
There have 10 days since 20 March without a Covid
death and the rolling average daily death rate in Wales is 1.1 people. Eight
Welsh counties reported no new Covid cases on Wednesday with a further seven
reporting just one positive test. The lowest rates are seen in Denbighshire, Pembrokeshire
and Merthyr Tydfil.
The Health Board with the highest number of deaths
is Cwm Taf Morgannwg and areas have seen some of the highest case rates in the
UK during the pandemic. But on Wednesday the counties that make up the Health Board
Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf recorded one new case on
Wednesday. As well as Bridgend and Merthyr, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire,
Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire and Powys recorded no new cases.
PHW's figures show that more 1.8m people have now had their first dose of the Covid vaccine
while 715,425 have had two doses. A
total of 3,297,673 Covid tests have
been taken since the start of the pandemic with 1,935,450 people tested.
Today’s numbers of Covid-19 cases in the local areas of Llanelli…
Thought for the Day…
I did what was hard and achieved what was great… I gave the
best I could and reached for the stars… Ambition is great but one has to have
the capability to achieve greatness…
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