February is looming...the handcuffs from normal life are still tight...Newport leading the field in the infection rate stakes...

There have been 2,707 new cases of coronavirus reported today by PHW bringing the total cases to 765,737. There were 4 coronavirus deaths reported by PHW so the total number of deaths has risen to 6,788. The latest infection rate based on PCR tests, for the seven days up to January 21, now stands at 496.3 cases for every 100,000 people up on the 483.7 recorded on Tuesday. It is the third day in a row that the infection rate is reported to have risen. For more information on the Covid figures released on Tuesday go to WalesOnline...

The local authority with the highest infection rate for the seven days between January 15 and January 21 was Newport with 839.8 cases per 100,000, followed by Merthyr Tydfil with 636.5 and Carmarthenshire with 612.9.

Hywel Dda Health Board shows 322 cases reported today with 220 in Carmarthenshire, 67 in Pembrokeshire and 35 in Ceredigion. As of January 25 there were 959 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a fall on the 1,016 on January 24. 

Covid-19 vaccine update: 

Today’s numbers of new Covid cases in the Local Authorities of Wales…

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