Wales has recorded no new deaths and 94 new cases of coronavirus in the last 48 hours, it has been revealed.
The new data published by Public Health Wales on Tuesday, June 1, brings the overall number of positive cases since the pandemic began in Wales to 212,796. Cases of the Indian variant of concern - also known as VOC-21APR-02 - were last updated on Thursday, May 27, when there were 58 in Wales.
There was no reporting of coronavirus figures on May 31 due to the bank holiday, this means that the figures published today account for the last 48 hours.
The seven-day infection rate across Wales now stands at 8, based on the number of new infections confirmed per 100,000 population in the week up to May 27, a drop on the 8.6 reported on Sunday.
Bridgend remains the local authority with the most cases per 100,000 at 21.8 (down from 28.6), which is thought to be mainly down to clusters being found in schools.
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.
Last weekend, Wales reached the impressive milestone of fully vaccinating one million adults against coronavirus with 1,118,396 now having received two doses of the vaccine.
Latest vaccination figures:
- Care home residents: 14,690 (97.9%)
- Care home workers: 34,928 (91.6%)
- 80 years and older: 165,349 (95.7%)
- Healthcare workers: 135,952 (95.7%)
- Social care workers: 45,479 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 128,036 (96.5%)
- 70-74 years: 175,627 (95.8%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 76,101 (93.6%)
- 65-69 years: 170,089 (94.3%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 309,088 (87.1%)
- 60-64 years: 189,128 (91.9%)
- 55-59 years: 209,821 (89.7%)
- 50-54 years: 200,176 (87.7%)
- 40-49 years: 321,386 (81.7%)
- 30-39 years: 292,741 (69.2%)
- 18-29 years: 261,309 (55.3%)
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 13,896 (92.6%)
- Care home workers: 31,425(82.5%)
- 80 years and older: 159,837 (92.6%)
- Healthcare workers: 124,192 (87%)
- Social care workers: 40,772(no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 124,750 (94%)
- 70-74 years: 171,605 (93.6%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 70,662 (87%)
- 65-69 years: 159,895 (88.7%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 164,797 (46.4%)
- 60-64 years: 122,402 (59.5%)
- 55-59 years: 87,153 (37.2%)
- 50-54 years: 70,192 (30.7%)
- 40-49 years: 86,801 (22.1%)
- 30-39 years: 66,262 (15.7%)
- 18-29 years: 52,589 (11.1%)
Cardiff recorded the most cases with 15 followed by Conwy with nine and Denbighshire and Wrexham each reporting seven. Swansea reported six new cases while Newport reported five new cases. Pembrokeshire and Neath Port Talbot each reported four new cases and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion each reported three new cases.
Monmouthshire reported two new cases while Torfaen, Powys and the Vale of Glamorgan each reported one new case. Blaenau Gwent, Anglesey, Caerphilly and Merthyr Tydfil reported no new cases.
Cases per 100,000 based on seven-day rolling average (May 21 to May 27)
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 4.3 (down from5.7)
Newport: 6.5 (up from 4.5)
Caerphilly: 3.9 (down from 4.4)
Torfaen: 4.3 (down from 6.4)
Monmouthshire: 9.5(down from 18)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 17.9 (up from 12.8)
Anglesey: 1.4 (down from 5.7)
Gwynedd: 9.6 (unchanged)
Denbighshire: 8.4 (up from 6.3)
Flintshire: 7 (up from 5.8)
Wrexham: 14 (unchanged)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 9.3 (up from 9.3)
Vale of Glamorgan: 5.2 (up from 4.5)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 3.3 (down from 5)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 2.5 (down from 3.7)
Bridgend: 21.8 (down from 28.6)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 6.9 (down from 7.4)
Pembrokeshire: 5.6 (up from 4.8)
Ceredigion: 2.8 (up from 1.4)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 4.5 (up from 3)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 14.7 (up from 13.3)
Swansea: 5.7 (down from 8.1)
Wales total: 8 (down from 8.6 )
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Public Health Wales confirmed on Thursday that there were now 58 cases of the B.1.617.2 Indian variant of concern in Wales. Wales' chief medical officer, Dr Frank Atherton, said that while nearly all health boards had cases, the majority were concentrated in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan.
The Indian strain is thought to be up to 50% more transmissible than the Kent variant which swept across Wales last winter - but it is not thought to cause more severe disease.
Dr Eleri Davies, incident director for the coronavirus response at Public Health Wales, said: "In Wales, the number of cases of the variant of concern VOC-21APR-02 currently stands at 58. We expect this number to go up. The majority of cases of the variant in Wales are associated with travel or with known contacts, and robust contact tracing processes are in place. The current evidence is that this variant is at least as easy to catch as the dominant Kent variant, but it may be slightly more transmissible.
"The latest evidence is that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are effective against the variants first identified in India after two doses. The emergence of another transmissible new variant is a reminder that we should not become complacent, even as rates of the coronavirus across Wales remain low.
"Protect yourself and others by taking up the offer of the vaccine. If you are planning on meeting people over the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend and half-term holiday, please remember to remain at least two metres away from everyone else, wash your hands regularly, and wear a face covering where required. Self-isolate and get a test if you or anyone in your household develop symptoms. To protect the identity of individuals with this variant, we are not currently providing a specific location due to the risk of small number identification. However, we can confirm that most health boards in Wales have reported cases."
