Friday has arrived and Spring is due to join us from Sunday...Let us hope that with a change in the weather it does not raise the case rate...

There have been 1,935 new cases of coronavirus reported today by PHW bringing the total cases to 837,705. There were 8 coronavirus deaths reported by PHW so the total number of deaths has risen to 7,066. The latest infection rate based on PCR tests for the seven days up to March 13 is 304.5 cases for every 100,000 people  a rise from the 290.7 cases recorded on Thursday. This has been rising steadily for more than a week.. For more information on the Covid figures released on Friday go to Wales Online...

The local authority with the highest infection rate for the seven days up to March 13 was Blaenau Gwent with 432.3 cases per 100,000 people followed by Vale of Glamorgan with 384 and Gwynedd with 370.1.

Hywel Dda Health Board shows 247 cases reported today with 139 in Carmarthenshire, 80 in Pembrokeshire and 28 in Ceredigion. As of March 17 there were 645 patients in acute hospitals with Covid of whom 99 were being treated for the condition.

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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…