A further two people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New data published on Tuesday, December 14 - which covers the 24-hour period up to 9am on December 13 - shows the total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test in Wales now stands at 6,491.
There were also 1,819 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 541,254.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to December 9) now stands at 499.4 – a slight drop from the 500.1 reported on Monday.
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The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is now Anglesey with 749.5 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Gwynedd with 669.6 and Wrexham with 650.9.
The test positivity rate across Wales is at 16.9%, the same figure as reported on Monday.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period are Cardiff with 164, Swansea with 136, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 121, Bridgend had 104, Newport with 94, Vale of Glamorgan with 92, Flintshire with 90, Carmarthenshire with 89 and Pembrokeshire with 88.
Meanwhile Wrexham had 87 new cases, Caerphilly had 84, Monmouthshire had 79, Neath Port Talbot had 75, Powys had 69, Anglesey had 68 and Gwynedd had 67.
The counties with the lowest cases were Conwy with 57, Denbighshire with 39, Ceredigion with 29, Blaenau Gwent with 28, Merthyr Tydfil with 27 and Torfaen with 24.
As of December 13, there were 504 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a fall on the 523 reported on December 10.
There were 37 people in a ventilated intensive care beds with Covid-19 on December 13, the same as December 10.
The latest data showed that 2,477,721 people had received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,282,420 had been given both doses.
More than one million people in Wales - 1,101,053 according to Public Health Wales - have already received their Covid booster vaccine, most of whom are in the highest priority groups.
More than three-quarters of care home residents (84.8%), over 80s (83.1%), and healthcare workers (77%) have had it to date, along with two-thirds of all care home workers (66.6%).
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Severely immunosuppressed: 99.2%
- Care home residents: 98.2%
- Care home workers: 94.6%
- 80 years and older: 96.2%
- Healthcare workers: 97.3%
- Social care workers: 45,985
- 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: 90.3%
- 60-64 years: 93.6%
- 55-59 years: 92%
- 50-54 years: 90.2%
- 40-49 years: 85.4%
- 30-39 years: 79.3%
- 18-29 years: 78.9%
- 16-17 years: 76.9%
- 12-15 years: 56.3%
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
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Severely immunosuppressed: 86.4%
- Care home residents: 97.2%
- Care home workers: 92.3%
- 80 years and older: 95.5%
- Healthcare workers: 96%
- Social care workers: 45,412
- 75-79 years: 96.5%
- 70-74 years: 95.9%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 94%
- 65-69 years: 94.5%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 86.9%
- 60-64 years: 92.6%
- 55-59 years: 90.7%
- 50-54 years: 88.6%
- 40-49 years: 82.9%
- 30-39 years: 74.9%
- 18-29 years: 72.2%
- 16-17 years: 46.3%
- 12-15 years: 2.9%
Uptake of booster vaccines (according to PHW)
- Care home residents: 84.8%
- Care home workers: 66.6%
- 80 years and older: 83.1%
- Healthcare workers: 77%
- Social care workers: 35,457
- 75-79 years: 86.4%
- 70-74 years: 86.2%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 49%
- 65-69 years: 81.4%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 47.9%
- 60-64 years: 63%
- 55-59 years: 48.3%
- 50-54 years: 36.5%
- 40-49 years: 22.7%
- 30-39 years: 13.6%
- 18-29 years: 8.6%
- 16-17 years: 2.7%
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to December 9:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 440.9 (down from 460.9)
Newport: 520.4 (up from 504.9)
Caerphilly: 452.3 (down from 468.3)
Torfaen: 515.1 (up from 505.5)
Monmouthshire: 492.7 (up from 482.1)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 434.3 (down from 438.6)
Anglesey: 749.5 (down from 796.7)
Gwynedd: 743.4 (down from 789.2)
Denbighshire: 669.6 (down from 685.6)
Flintshire: 538.1 (down from 546.4)
Wrexham: 650.9 (down from 651.7)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 466.1 (up from 457.9)
Vale of Glamorgan: 569.2 (down from 580.1)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 386.2 (down from 392.9)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 390.4 (down from 393.3)
Bridgend: 595.7 (up from 587.6)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 413.7 (up from 403.1)
Pembrokeshire: 469.7 (down from 513.4)
Ceredigion: 370 (up from 354.9)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 442.5 (down from 444)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 452.2 (up from 432.6)
Swansea: 497.2 (up from 485.8)
Wales total: 499.4 (down from 500.1 )
First Minister Mark Drakeford said on Monday evening that Omicron cases will rise "quickly and very steeply". He confirmed that Wales would aim to offer all eligible adults an appointment for a booster vaccine by the end of December.
Health Minister Eluned Morgan added that walk-in lanes are set to be introduced the the vaccination centres, with NHS staff asked to cancel leave and work day and night to reach the target.
Only one person in Wales is now in hospital with Omicron, but experts are concerned that the rate at which cases are increasing could still overwhelm the NHS unless action is taken.
As of Saturday, December 11, people will be asked to wear face coverings in pubs and restaurants when they aren't eating or drinking.
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