Seventeen more people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest update from Public Health Wales.
The data published on Monday, September 20 – which covers a 48-hour period – also revealed there were 5,258 new positive cases across Wales bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 328,074.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales based on the cases for every 100,000 people (seven days up to September 15) has gone above 500 again and now stands at 514 – up on the 490.1 reported on Sunday.
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The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is Neath Port Talbot with 808.7 cases per 100,000 population over seven days (up from 743.8) followed by Merthyr Tydfil with 694.6 and Caerphilly with 668.2.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of Covid cases in the latest 48-hour period were RCT with 523, Swansea with 460, Cardiff with 458, Caerphilly with 389, Carmarthenshire with 382, Neath Port Talbot with 318, Newport with 265, Vale of Glamorgan with 258, Flintshire with 252, and Gwynedd with 201.
Areas with between 200 and 100 new cases included Conwy with 196, Bridgend with 191, Merthyr Tydfil with 164, Powys with 163, Pembrokeshire with 157, Torfaen with 154, Wrexham with 136, Denbighshire with 134, Blaenau Gwent with 106 and Ceredigion with 101.
The only local authorities reporting under 100 cases were Anglesey with 92 and Monmouthshire with 76.
As of September 17 there were 601 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering) – down from 607 which was reported in the figures as of September 16.
Betsi Cadwaladr UHB had the most Covid patients in general and acute hospital beds on September 17 with 150 followed by Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB with 133, Aneurin Bevan UHB with 122,Cardiff and Vale UHB with 69, Swansea Bay UHB with 63, Hywel Dda UHB with 62, and Powys Teaching Health Board with two.
As of September 17 there were 49 people in invasive ventilated beds in Wales with coronavirus – up from 40 on September 16. Betsi Cadwaladr UHB had the most with 11, Hywel Dda UHB had nine, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and Swansea Bay UHB had eight each, Aneurin Bevan UHB had seven, and Cardiff and Vale UHB had six.
In terms of the vaccination rollout in Wales on Friday figures showed that 2,377,009 people have received a first dose of the Covid vaccine while 2,209,568 have had both doses.
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 98.1%
- Care home workers: 94.1%
- 80 years and older: 96.2%
- Healthcare workers: 97%
- Social care workers: 44,940 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 97%
- 70-74 years: 96.3%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 94.4%
- 65-69 years: 95.1%
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 90.5%
- 60-64 years: 93.5%
- 55-59 years: 91.8%
- 50-54 years: 89.9%
- 40-49 years: 84.9%
- 30-39 years: 78.1%
- 18-29 years: 77.3%
- 16-17 years: 69.9%
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 95.8%
- Care home workers: 91%
- 80 years and older: 95.1%
- Healthcare workers: 95%
- Social care workers: 44,305 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 96.2%
- 70-74 years: 95.7%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 92.2%
- 65-69 years: 94.2%
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 87.2%
- 60-64 years: 92.3%
- 55-59 years: 90.2%
- 50-54 years: 87.9%
- 40-49 years: 81.7%
- 30-39 years: 72.3%
- 18-29 years: 68.6%
- 16-17 years: 13.5%
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to September 15:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 614.1 (up from 578.3)
Newport: 423.5 (up from 392.4)
Caerphilly: 668.2 (up from 639)
Torfaen: 469.3 (up from 448.1)
Monmouthshire: 207.2 (unchanged)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 546.1 (unchanged)
Anglesey: 405.5 (down from 431.2)
Gwynedd: 474.5 (up from 454.4)
Denbighshire: 473.4 (down from 485.9)
Flintshire: 481.7 (up from 418.3)
Wrexham: 348.6 (down from 372.2)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 413.5 (up from 378)
Vale of Glamorgan: 557.7 (up from 498.6)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 694.6 (up from 671.4)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 643.7 (up from 566.2)
Bridgend: 409.4 (up from 381.5)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 641.5 (down from 647.9)
Pembrokeshire: 302.8 (down from 306)
Ceredigion: 360.4 (down from 407.2)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 443.2 (down from 446.3)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 808.7 (up from 743.8)
Swansea: 636.1 (up from 612.6)
Wales total: 514 (up from 490.1 )
On Friday it was announced that people in Wales will need an NHS Covid pass to go to nightclubs and events from next month.
Speaking during Friday's Welsh Government's press conference, First Minister Mark Drakeford said: "Across Wales coronavirus cases have risen to very high levels over the summer as more people have been gathering and meeting. Tragically more people are dying from this terrible virus.
“The very strong advice we have from our scientific advisers is to take early action to prevent infections increasing further.
“The last thing we want is further lockdowns and for businesses to have to close their doors once again. That’s why we must take small but meaningful action now to control the spread of the virus and reduce the need for tougher measures later.”
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