Another person has died with coronavirus in Wales according to latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW).
The data published on Tuesday, October 12, also revealed there were 2,047 new positive cases, bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 384,250.
The one additional death recorded brings the overall toll to 5,974 in Wales.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales based on the cases for every 100,000 people (seven days up to October 7) has dropped slightly and now stands at 514.8 – a decrease on the 515.1 reported on Monday. The figures announced on Monday are for the 24-hour period up to 9am on October 11, according to PHW.
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The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is now Vale of Glamorgan with 702.9 cases per 100,000 population over seven days, followed by Torfaen with 692.8 and Cardiff with 637.
Test positivity rates across Wales have shot up from 15.2% in Friday's figures to 16.7% on Tuesday, with Vale of Glamorgan having the greatest proportion of tests coming back positive at 21.1%.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period were Cardiff with 373, Carmarthenshire with 165, Caerphilly with 124, Pembrokeshire with 119, Swansea with 115, Vale of Glamorgan and Flintshire both with 106 and Torfaen with 104.
Rhondda Cynon Taf had 87 cases, Newport had 85, Monmouthshire had 75, Powys had 70, Denbighshire had 67, Gwynedd and Neath Port Talbot both had 64, Anglesey had 59 and Bridgend had 56.
The local authorities with the lowest numbers of cases were Wrexham with 37, Conwy with 34, Blaenau Gwent with 30, Ceredigion with 26, and Merthyr Tydfil with 18.
As of October 11 there were 594 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering) – up on the 565 reported in the figures as of October 8.
Aneurin Bevan UHB had the most Covid patients in general and acute hospital beds on October 11 with 143, followed by Betsi Cadwaladr UHB with 114, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB with 110, Cardiff and Vale UHB with 104, Swansea Bay UHB with 72 and Hywel Dda UHB with 51.
As of October 11 there were 45 people in invasive ventilated beds in Wales with coronavirus. Betsi Cadwaladr UHB had the most with 10, Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea Bay UHB had nine each, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB had eight, Aneurin Bevan UHB had five and Cardiff and Vale UHB had four.
On Tuesday Public Health Wales figures showed that 2,401,771 people have had one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,230,674 have had both doses.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine started to be administered to 12- to 15-year-olds last week in mass vaccination centres and some schools. You can read more about that here.
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Severely immunosuppressed: 97.7%
- Care home residents: 98.2%
- Care home workers: 94.2%
- 80 years and older: 96.2%
- Healthcare workers: 97.1%
- Social care workers: 45,715 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 97%
- 70-74 years: 96.3%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 95.2%
- 65-69 years: 95.1%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 89.8%
- 60-64 years: 93.5%
- 55-59 years: 91.8%
- 50-54 years: 90%
- 40-49 years: 85.1%
- 30-39 years: 78.4%
- 18-29 years: 77.7%
- 16-17 years: 73.5%
- 12-15 years: 22.2%
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
Severely immunosuppressed: 96%
- Care home residents: 96.2%
- Care home workers: 91.4%
- 80 years and older: 95.2%
- Healthcare workers: 95.3%
- Social care workers: 45,133 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 96.3%
- 70-74 years: 95.7%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 93.6%
- 65-69 years: 94.3%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 85.9%
- 60-64 years: 92.3%
- 55-59 years: 90.4%
- 50-54 years: 88.1%
- 40-49 years: 82.1%
- 30-39 years: 73.1%
- 18-29 years: 69.9%
- 16-17 years: 20.5%
- 12-15 years: 0.2%
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to October 7:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 375 (down from 395.1)
Newport: 423.5 (up from 419.6)
Caerphilly: 582.6 (down from 590.4)
Torfaen: 692.8 (down from 705.6)
Monmouthshire: 386.9 (down from 388)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 416.4 (down from 420.6)
Anglesey: 478.3 (up from 474)
Gwynedd: 419.9 (down from 422.3)
Denbighshire: 540.3 (up from 526.7)
Flintshire: 397.8 (down from 403.6)
Wrexham: 388.4 (down from 391.3)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 637 (up from 614.9)
Vale of Glamorgan: 702.9 (up from 688.7)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 359.7 (up from 346.5)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 509.8 (down from 526.8)
Bridgend: 415.5 (down from 429.8)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 584.8 (up from 579.5)
Pembrokeshire: 567.5 (up from 566.7)
Ceredigion: 343.9 (up from 324.6)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 461.4 (down from 463.6)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 576.4 (down from 585.4)
Swansea: 541.7 (down from 552.2)
Wales total: 514.8 (down from 515.1)
On Tuesday afternoon, Health Minister Eluned Morgan warned that flu cases in Wales could be double the usual levels.
"This is the first season where we will have significant amounts of coronavirus circulating as well as flu," she said.
"Modelling shared with the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation has suggested this winter flu season could be 50% to 100% higher than a typical season and could peak at a different time.
"We saw very little flu last winter – you will remember that we had lockdown restrictions in place because we were dealing with high levels of coronavirus caused by the alpha – of Kent – variant.
"Data from our health service suggests the respiratory syncytial (RSV) season started earlier than usual this year in Wales – in July. Young children are particularly vulnerable because they will not previously have been exposed to RSV."
Meanwhile it is now mandatory for people to show Covid passes before entering nightclubs and mass events in Wales.
Under the new law evidence of full vaccination or a negative Covid test within 48 hours will be required when visiting nightclubs or large events.
The plan is now in force at:
- Nightclubs;
- Indoor, non-seated events for more than 500 people, such as concerts or conventions;
- Outdoor non-seated events for more than 4,000 people;
- Any setting or event with more than 10,000 people in attendance.
On Friday the Welsh Government released its new Covid Control Plan for autumn and winter with a 'stable' scenario in which the nation transitions to managing coronavirus as a normal respiratory illness alongside an 'urgent' scenario if pressure begins to ramp up once again. You can read more about that here.
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