More than 2,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported in 695 maintained schools across Wales since term began in September.
Eight in every 10 secondary schools have reported at least one case with nine of the 22 councils in Wales recording cases in all of their secondary schools.
The information is laid out in overall data on cases and prevalence in schools and colleges from Public Health Wales published for the first time on Thursday.
It shows numbers of coronavirus cases in schools and colleges in each local council and health board area between September 1 and November 4.
During that time 279 coronavirus cases were also reported by 12 colleges.
Every secondary school in the following council areas has reported at least one Covid-19 case since term began:
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Cardiff
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
Schools and colleges in Ceredigion are the least affected. No coronavirus cases have been reported in any of its secondary schools or any of its further education (FE) colleges. Only 2.8% of its 36 primaries have reported any cases since term began. These are all the lowest rates in Wales.
Across Wales between September 1 and November 4 there were 2,101 reports of new Covid-19 cases across 695 schools. Of these 951 were cases in staff and 1,150 in pupils.
With a total of 1,573 maintained schools across Wales this means 44.2% of schools that have had at least one coronavirus case since the start of term in September.
Of the 695 schools affected 390 have had more than one case and 305 one case only.
Council areas with the highest percentage of primary schools affected:
Blaenau Gwent – 84%
Rhondda Cynon Taf – 73.9%
Merthyr Tydfil – 72%
Swansea – 61%
Cardiff – 59%
Bridgend – 58%
Newport – 55%
Neath Port Talbot – 48%
Case numbers are also provided at health board level covering all maintained primary and secondary schools as well as 'other' sites such as special schools, pupil referral units, independent schools, maintained middle schools, and maintained nurseries. Those figures are broken down as follows:
Aneurin Bevan UHB
Primary – 91
Secondary – 55
Other – 15
Total – 161
Betsi Cadwaladr UHB
Primary – 94
Secondary – 50
Other – 12
Total – 156
Cardiff and Vale UHB
Primary – 76
Secondary – 59
Other – 25
Total – 160
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB
Primary – 171
Secondary – 83
Other – 44
Total – 298
Hywel Dda UHB
Primary – 26
Secondary – 12
Other – 2
Total – 40
Powys Teaching HB
Primary – 8
Secondary – 1
Other – 2
Total – 11
Swansea Bay UHB
Primary – 86
Secondary – 21
Other – 18
Total – 125
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