There have been no new coronavirus deaths reported for the last seven days, it has been revealed.
The latest data published by Public Health Wales on Thursday, June 3, shows that just 49 new cases of coronavirus have been identified in the last 24 hours. This brings the overall number of positive cases since the pandemic began in Wales to 212,928.
The area of Wales with the highest infection rate is now Conwy, where the infection rate is 22.2 per 100,000 population (up from 18.8), following a cluster of cases of the Indian variant of concern in Llandudno Junction, Llandudno and Penrhyn Bay areas.
The seven-day infection rate across Wales now stands at 7.5, based on the number of new infections confirmed per 100,000 population in the week up to May 29, a drop on the 7.7 reported on Tuesday.
The overall Covid death toll in Wales since the start of the pandemic remains at 5,569 people. The percentage of Covid tests coming back with a positive result is 0.9%, significantly below the key benchmark of 5%. The figure has been fluctuating around the same level for the last four weeks.
In terms of hospitalisations, there are now just 11 people in hospital beds in Wales with confirmed Covid-19. And there are just three people in ventilated intensive care beds with Covid-19 (two of whom have confirmed Covid-19, one suspected). The confirmed Covid-19 cases in ICU are in Cardiff and Vale health board area and Betsi Cadwaladr UHB.
Latest vaccination figures:
- Care home residents: 14,674 (98%)
- Care home workers: 34,964 (91.8%)
- 80 years and older: 165,281 (95.7%)
- Healthcare workers: 135,999 (95.3%)
- Social care workers: 45,451 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 128,023 (96.5%)
- 70-74 years: 175,624 (95.8%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 76,119 (93.7%)
- 65-69 years: 170,119 (94.3%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 309,746 (87.2%)
- 60-64 years: 189,209 (91.9%)
- 55-59 years: 209,952 (89.7%)
- 50-54 years: 200,301 (87.7%)
- 40-49 years: 321,811 (81.8%)
- 30-39 years: 295,856 (69.9%)
- 18-29 years: 270,874 (57.3%)
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 13,892 (92.7%)
- Care home workers: 31,581 (82.9%)
- 80 years and older: 159,960 (92.7%)
- Healthcare workers: 124,979 (87.6%)
- Social care workers: 41,308 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 124,846 (94.1%)
- 70-74 years: 171,824 (93.8%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 70,999 (87.4%)
- 65-69 years: 160,908 (89.2%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 181,959 (51.3%)
- 60-64 years: 135,398 (65.8%)
- 55-59 years: 95,869 (41%)
- 50-54 years: 75,212 (32.9%)
- 40-49 years: 92,147 (23.4%)
- 30-39 years: 69,296 (16.4%)
- 18-29 years: 55,154 (11.7%)
Gwynedd reported the most cases on Thursday with four while Conwy, Pembrokeshire and Swansea each reported three new cases.
Caerphilly, Newport, Denbighshire, Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Carmarthenshire each reported two new cases. Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Ceredigion, Powys and Neath Port Talbot each reported one new case.
Monmouthshire, Anglesey, Flintshire, Wrexham and Vale of Glamorgan all reported no new cases.
Cases per 100,000 based on seven-day rolling average (May 23 to May 29)
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 2.9 (unchanged)
Newport: 7.8 (down from 8.4)
Caerphilly: 1.1 (down from 2.2)
Torfaen: 4.3 (unchanged)
Monmouthshire: 6.3 (down from 8.5)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 22.2 (up from 18.8)
Anglesey: 1.4 (unchanged)
Gwynedd: 10.4 (unchanged)
Denbighshire: 11.5 (up from 10.4)
Flintshire: 7 (up from 6.4)
Wrexham: 14.7 (down from 13.2)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 9.3 (unchanged)
Vale of Glamorgan: 3 (down from 4.5)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 1.7 (unchanged)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 2.9 (up from 2.1)
Bridgend: 9.5 (down from 15.6)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 6.9 (unchanged)
Pembrokeshire: 7.9 (unchanged)
Ceredigion: 5.5 (unchanged)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 3.8 (unchanged)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 10.5 (down from 12.6)
Swansea: 6.9 (up from 5.3)
Wales total: 7.5 (down from 7.7)
There are now almost 100 cases of the Indian/Delta coronavirus variant identified in Wales.
Data from Public Health Wales (PHW) shows a total of 97 cases of the Indian variant have so far been identified in Wales with 39 being reported in the last seven days.
The World Health Organisation has renamed all Covid variants, with the Indian variant (VOC-21APR-02 strain) now being known as Delta.
It is not known where these cases have been identified. However on Wednesday, PHW revealed that 35 cases of the Indian variant had been located in seaside resorts over the bank holiday weekend.
The cases were found in Llandudno Junction, Llandudno and Penrhyn Bay. It follows 18 cases being discovered in this region on Friday, May 28, meaning the total number now stands at 53. Conwy county now has the second highest Covid infection rate in Wales.
Public Health Wales, Conwy County Borough Council and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are urging people living in those areas to be alert for coronavirus symptoms and to take a test as soon as possible even if they have no symptoms.
Health Minister Eluned Morgan described the situation as "very serious" and warned it could have an impact on the easing of restrictions due to be announced on Friday.
The current evidence is that variant VOC-21APR-02 is at least as easy to catch as the dominant Kent variant, but it may be slightly more transmissible. The Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are effective against the variants first identified in India after two doses.
