Wales has recorded two new coronavirus deaths and more than 60 positive cases in the last 24 hours.
New data from Public Health Wales published on Thursday, April 29 found 69 new positive cases - almost double the 35 recorded the day before - to bring the total since the pandemic began to 211,458.
The two additional deaths means the overall death toll now stands at 5,550 in Wales.
The infection rate across Wales now stands at 12 cases per 100,000 people for the seven days up to April 24 – a slight rise from 11.9 on Wednesday.
The percentage of tests coming back with positive results is now 1.4% – significantly below the key benchmark of 5%. The only local authorities reporting more than 2% are Newport (2.9%), Wrexham (2.4%), Swansea (2.3%) and Gwynedd (2.1%)
The latest figures also show that 1,816,451 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and 732,643 people have had both doses.
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 14,993 (97.7%)
- Care home workers: 34,464 (90.5%)
80 years and older: 166,344 (95.5%)
- Healthcare workers: 134,406 (94.2%)
- Social care workers: 45,248 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 127,980 (96.2%)
- 70-74 years: 175,358 (95.5%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 75,785 (93%)
- 65-69 years: 169,041 (93.7%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 300,295 (85%)
- 60-64 years: 187,900 (91.3%)
- 55-59 years: 207,859 (88.9%)
- 50-54 years: 197,229 (86.5%)
- 40-49 years: 280,819 (71.6%)
- 30-39 years: 169,965 (40.4%)
- 18-29 years: 107,589 (23.1%)
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 13,563 (88.4%)
- Care home workers: 29,666 (77.9%)
- 80 years and older: 151,598 (87.1%)
- Healthcare workers: 117,841 (82.6%)
- Social care workers: 38,125 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 114,452 (86%)
- 70-74 years: 142,766 (77.8%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 51,839 (63.6%)
- 65-69 years: 61,822 (34.3%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 21,106 (6%)
- 60-64 years: 37,888 (18.4%)
- 55-59 years: 39,701 (17%)
- 50-54 years: 36,330 (15.9%)
- 40-49 years: 53,470 (13.6%)
- 30-39 years: 45,736 (10.9%)
- 18-29 years: 37,293 (8%)
Key details
- Deaths reported today: 2
- Cases reported today: 69 (up from 33 on Wednesday)
- Total deaths with lab-confirmed coronavirus in Wales: 5,550
- Total number of people who have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine: 1,816,451
- Total number of people who have received a two-dose course of Covid-19 vaccine: 732,643
Newport reported the most cases on Thursday with 11 followed by Cardiff with nine, Swansea with eight and Carmarthenshire with seven.
Caerphilly had six new cases, Gwynedd and Wrexham had four, RCT and Powys had three, while Monmouthshire, Anglesey, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Neath Port Talbot had two each.
Torfaen, Conwy, Flintshire and Vale of Glamorgan each had one new case, and Blaenau Gwent, Denbighshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire had none.
Cases per 100,000 based on seven-day rolling average (April 18 to April 24):
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 8.6 (unchanged)
Newport: 30.4 (up from 27.2)
Caerphilly: 8.3 (up from 7.7)
Torfaen: 7.4 (down from 9.6)
Monmouthshire: 5.3 (unchanged)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 6 (up from 5.1)
Anglesey: 7.1 (up from 5.7)
Gwynedd: 18.5 (down from 20.9)
Denbighshire: 4.2 (up from 3.2)
Flintshire: 10.2 (down from 11.5)
Wrexham: 21.3 (up from 19.1)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 11.7 (down from 12.5)
Vale of Glamorgan: 8.2 (unchanged)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 5 (unchanged)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 6.2 (up from 5.8)
Bridgend: 10.9 (unchanged)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 10.6 (up from 10.1)
Pembrokeshire: 5.6 (up from 4.8)
Ceredigion: 5.5 (down from 6.9)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 10.6 (down from 12.1)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 16.7 (unchanged)
Swansea: 21.5 (up from 20.6)
Wales total: 12 (up from 11.9)
On Monday, outdoor hospitality was allowed to resume again at cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants. Outdoor attractions, including outdoor swimming pools, funfairs and theme parks, are also open again.
And from Monday, May 3, gyms, leisure centres and fitness facilities can welcome back customers, as will children's soft play centres and community centres. On that date, people will also again be able to form extended households with one other household.
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Last week First Minister Mark Drakeford said: "The sacrifices we have made continue to show results. By us all working together and sticking to the rules, combined with our vaccination programme, mean we continue to make progress. Rates of the virus continue to fall and the public health situation is improving.
"Due to these efforts we are able confirm more easing of the restrictions from April 26 and for early May we are again able to bring forward some of our plans. However, this progress is dependent on all of us continuing to work together to keep Wales safe.
"At the last three-week review, I set out a forward look of how the restrictions could continue to be lifted in the weeks ahead, if the public health situation remains stable.
"It will be for the incoming Welsh Government to confirm these arrangements at the next three-week review, which will be held on May 13 – a week after the election. It is my assessment that the hospitality sector – bars, pubs, restaurants and cafes – will be able to open indoors from May 17, together with all other tourist accommodation, indoor entertainment and attractions.”
