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No new deaths with coronavirus have been reported in Wales on Friday, reports Public Health Wales (PHW). There have been 118 new cases reported, taking the case total to 213,642. The total number of Covid deaths remains at 5,571, with only one death reported in two weeks on Thursday. The Wales case rate has risen again, climbing to 13.5 per 100,000 people, up from 12.4 on Thursday. The newly reported cases include 15 in Denbighshire, 13 in Cardiff, 11 in Pembrokeshire, 9 in Swansea and 8 in Neath Port Talbot. The testing positivity rate is also up to 1.4% from 1.3% on Thursday.

The weekly case rate per 100,000 people remains highest in Conwy at 34.1, where a cluster of the Delta variant has been confirmed. This is followed by Swansea at 24.3 where a cluster has been linked to a city centre pub then Gwynedd at 19.3 and Carmarthenshire on 18.

Before a death was reported on Thursday, figures showed no deaths had been recorded by a Welsh health board for 14 days. Issues with more than 200 test results coming back late means PHW is recording a backlog of positive tests, which make numbers seem much larger than in recent weeks.

Today’s numbers of Covid-19 cases in the Authorities of Wales…

Covid-19 vaccine update: A further 6,180 people have received a first vaccination and the total now stands at 2,201,665 which is equivalent to 69.8 % of the total population. A further 22,111 people have now had a second vaccination, so that total now stands at 1,336,479 which is equivalent to 42.3% of the total population.

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