A further eight people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New data published on Friday, December 3, which covers the 24-hour period up to 9am on December 2, shows the total number of Covid-related deaths in Wales now stands at 6,428.
There were also 2,356 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 516,146.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to November 28) now stands at 469.9 – a slight rise from the 464.5 reported on Thursday.
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The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales remains Gwynedd with 878.3 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Vale of Glamorgan with 646.8 and Anglesey with 619.6.
The test positivity rate across Wales is at 17%, a rise from 16.9% reported on Thursday.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period are Cardiff with 250, Swansea with 164, Bridgend and RCT both with 158, Gwynedd with 155, Newport with 131, Caerphilly with 122, Flintshire with 111, Wrexham and Carmarthenshire both with 108, and Vale of Glamorgan with 105.
Meanwhile Neath Port Talbot had 93 new cases, Pembrokeshire with 79, Powys with 74, Blaenau Gwent with 69, Anglesey with 68, Torfaen with 66, Monmoutshire with 65, and Denbighshire with 64.
The local authorities with the lowest number of cases were Conwy with 51, Merthyr Tydfil with 35, and Ceredigion with 25.
As of December 2 there were 558 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a rise on the 555 reported on December 1. There were 45 people in a ventilated intensive care bed with Covid-19 on December 1, one more than the day before.
The latest data showed that 2,470,233 people had received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,267,834 had been given both doses.
To date 892,287 people have received their Covid booster vaccine according to PHW, including more than three-quarters of care home residents (82%) and over 80s (80.6%), over two-thirds of healthcare workers (73.7%) and over half of all care home workers (63.4%).
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Severely immunosuppressed: 99.2%
- Care home residents: 98.3%
- Care home workers: 94.6%
- 80 years and older: 96.2%
- Healthcare workers: 97.3%
- Social care workers: 45,877
- 75-79 years: 97%
- 70-74 years: 96.4%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 95.4%
- 65-69 years: 95.2%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 90.2%
- 60-64 years: 93.6%
- 55-59 years: 91.9%
- 50-54 years: 90.1%
- 40-49 years: 85.4%
- 30-39 years: 79.1%
- 18-29 years: 78.7%
- 16-17 years: 76.3%
- 12-15 years: 54%
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
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Severely immunosuppressed: 83.5%
- Care home residents: 97.1%
- Care home workers: 92.2%
- 80 years and older: 95.5%
- Healthcare workers: 95.9%
- Social care workers: 45,393
- 75-79 years: 96.5%
- 70-74 years: 95.8%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 94%
- 65-69 years: 94.4%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 86.8%
- 60-64 years: 92.6%
- 55-59 years: 90.6%
- 50-54 years: 88.5%
- 40-49 years: 82.8%
- 30-39 years: 74.6%
- 18-29 years: 71.9%
- 16-17 years: 36%
- 12-15 years: 1.2%
Uptake of booster vaccines (according to PHW)
- Care home residents: 82%
- Care home workers: 63.4%
- 80 years and older: 80.6%
- Healthcare workers: 73.7%
- Social care workers: 33,310
- 75-79 years: 84.3%
- 70-74 years: 83.7%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 45.6%
- 65-69 years: 74.1%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 29%
- 60-64 years: 44.1%
- 55-59 years: 27.6%
- 50-54 years: 22.6%
- 40-49 years: 15.3%
- 30-39 years: 10%
- 18-29 years: 6.5%
- 16-17 years: 2.1%
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to November 28:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 419.4 (down from 428)
Newport: 486.2 (up from 472.6)
Caerphilly: 441.8 (up from 429.1)
Torfaen: 500.2 (up from 485.3)
Monmouthshire: 444 (up from 439.8)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 381.4 (down from 385.7)
Anglesey: 619.6 (up from 599.6)
Gwynedd: 878.3 (up from 837.3)
Denbighshire: 401.3 (down from 402.3)
Flintshire: 490.1 (up from 489.4)
Wrexham: 503.8 (up from 490.6)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 478.6 (up from 474.8)
Vale of Glamorgan: 646.8 (down from 665.5)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 394.5 (up from 392.9)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 400.8 (up from 395)
Bridgend: 456.3 (up from 446.1)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 432.3 (down from 440.2)
Pembrokeshire: 540.5 (up from 529.3)
Ceredigion: 229.7 (up from 220.1)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 450 (down from 450.8)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 353.8 (down from 358.7)
Swansea: 390.3 (up from 384.2)
Wales total: 469.9 (up from 464.5 )
The World Health Organisation designated a new variant of coronavirus – now called Omicron – a variant of concern on Friday, November 26.
This was based on evidence of several mutations which have an impact on how it behaves, such as how easily it spreads or the severity of illness it causes.
There remain no reported cases in Wales.
In line with action taken in the rest of UK, Wales has placed 10 southern African countries on the red list for international travel. This means anyone travelling back to Wales from these countries will have to complete 10 days of quarantine, in a managed quarantine hotel.
In addition, vaccinated travellers coming back to the UK from a non-red list country will have to self-isolate and take a PCR test on day two of their return. They can leave isolation if they have a negative result.
Meanwhile on Monday evening, the Education Minister announced that all staff and learners should wear face coverings while indoors where physical distancing cannot be maintained.
It was also announced that all over-18s in Wales will be offered a booster jab to provide further protection against Covid-19, and young people aged 12 to 15 will be offered a second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine no sooner than 12 weeks after their first dose. For more information please go here.
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