Eight more people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New data published on Thursday, December 2, which covers the 24-hour period up to 9am on December 1, shows the total number of Covid-related deaths in Wales now stands at 6,420.
There were also 2,791 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 513,790.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to November 27) now stands at 464.5 – a drop from the 471.8 reported on Wednesday.
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The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales remains Gwynedd with 837.3 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Vale of Glamorgan with 665.5 and Anglesey with 599.6.
The test positivity rate across Wales is at 16.9%, a fall from 17% reported on Wednesday.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period are Cardiff with 292, Swansea with 205, Gwynedd with 203, Bridgend with 172, Pembrokeshire with 160, RCT with 148, Flintshire with 146 and Carmarthenshire with 140.
Meanwhile Caerphilly had 136 new cases, Newport had 133, Wrexham had 130, Powys had 112, Vale of Glamorgan had 102, Anglesey had 92, Neath Port Talbot had 84, Denbighshire had 82, Monmouthshire had 77, Torfaen had 74, and Blaenau Gwent had 72.
The local authorities with the lowest number of cases were Conwy with 65, Merthyr Tydfil with 49, and Ceredigion with 27.
As of December 1 there were 555 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a fall on the 568 reported on November 30. There were 44 people in a ventilated intensive care bed with Covid-19 on November 30, four less than the day before.
The latest data showed that 2,469,805 people had received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,266,994 had been given both doses.
To date 874,483 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 26:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 428 (down from 432.3)
Newport: 472.6 (down from 473.9)
Caerphilly: 429.1 (down from 430.2)
Torfaen: 485.3 (down from 489.6)
Monmouthshire: 439.8 (down from 448.3)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 385.7 (down from 426.6)
Anglesey: 599.6 (down from 612.5)
Gwynedd: 837.3 (down from 870.3)
Denbighshire: 402.3 (down from 434.7)
Flintshire: 489.4 (down from 498.4)
Wrexham: 490.6 (up from 487.7)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 474.8 (down from 475.9)
Vale of Glamorgan: 665.5 (up from 661.7)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 392.9 (down from 426)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 395 (down from 395.8)
Bridgend: 446.1 (up from 433.2)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 440.2 (down from 456.6)
Pembrokeshire: 529.3 (up from 521.4)
Ceredigion: 220.1 (down from 224.2)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 450.8 (down from 454.6)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 358.7 (down from 362.8)
Swansea: 384.2 (down from 396.4)
Wales total: 464.5 (down from 471.8 )
The World Health Organisation designated a new variant of coronavirus – now called Omicron – a variant of concern on Friday.
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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