A further 10 people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New data published on Wednesday, December 15 - which covers the 24-hour period up to 9am on December 14 - shows the total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid test in Wales now stands at 6,501.
There were also 2,431 new positive cases recorded in the latest update bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 543,685.
The latest seven-day infection rate across Wales, based on the cases for every 100,000 people (for the seven days up to December 10) now stands at 499.8 – a slight rise from the 499.4 reported on Tuesday.
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The local authority with the highest infection rate in Wales is now Anglesey with 711 cases per 100,000 population over seven days followed by Wrexham with 630.3 and Denbighshire with 623.9.
The test positivity rate across Wales is at 17%, a rise on the 16.9% reported on Tuesday.
The areas of the country recording the highest numbers of new Covid cases in the latest 24-hour period are Cardiff with 256, Flintshire with 201, Swansea with 167, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 147, Caerphilly with 125, Newport with 118, Torfaen with 109, Bridgend with 107, Denbighshire with 105, Wrexham with 103 and Conwy with 100.
Meanwhile Gwynedd had 97 new cases, Neath Port Talbot had 93, Vale of Glamorgan had 84, Powys had 82, Anglesey had 69, Gwynedd had 67 and Carmarthenshire had 63.
The counties with the lowest cases were Monmouthshire with 58, Merthyr Tydfil with 53, Blaenau Gwent with 45, and Ceredigion with 36.
As of December 14, there were 495 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a fall on the 504 reported on December 13.
There were 36 people in a ventilated intensive care beds with Covid-19 on December 14, one less than the day before.
The latest data showed that 2,478,300 people had received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,283,371 had been given both doses.
More than one million people in Wales - 1,132,700 according to Public Health Wales - have now received their Covid booster vaccine. The Welsh Government wants all eligible adults to be offered one by the end of December.
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: 45,864
- 75-79 years: 97%
- 70-74 years: 96.4%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 95.4%
- 65-69 years: 95.3%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 90.4%
- 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: 77%
- 12-15 years: 56.4%
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
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Severely immunosuppressed: 86.6%
- Care home residents: 97.2%
- Care home workers: 92.3%
- 80 years and older: 95.5%
- Healthcare workers: 96%
- Social care workers: 45,393
- 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: 87%
- 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: 46.9%
- 12-15 years: 3%
Uptake of booster vaccines (according to PHW)
- Care home residents: 85%
- Care home workers: 67%
- 80 years and older: 83.3%
- Healthcare workers: 77.7%
- Social care workers: 35,752
- 75-79 years: 86.6%
- 70-74 years: 86.3%
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 49.5%
- 65-69 years: 82%
- Clinical risk groups 12-64 years: 49.8%
- 60-64 years: 64.9%
- 55-59 years: 51%
- 50-54 years: 38.7%
- 40-49 years: 24.1%
- 30-39 years: 14.2%
- 18-29 years: 9%
- 16-17 years: 2.8%
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to December 10:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 436.6 (down from 440.9)
Newport: 553.4 (up from 520.4)
Caerphilly: 467.8 (up from 452.3)
Torfaen: 549.2 (up from 515.1)
Monmouthshire: 493.7 (up from 492.7)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 428.3 (down from 434.3)
Anglesey: 711 (down from 749.5)
Gwynedd: 601.3 (down from 669.6)
Denbighshire: 623.9 (down from 669.6)
Flintshire: 555.4 (up from 538.1)
Wrexham: 601.3 (down from 650.9)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 472.3 (up from 466.1)
Vale of Glamorgan: 537.5 (down from 569.2)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 411.1 (up from 386.2)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 405.8 (up from 390.4)
Bridgend: 586.2 (down from 595.7)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 411.6 (down from 413.7)
Pembrokeshire: 465 (down from 469.7)
Ceredigion: 378.3 (up from 370)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 444 (up from 442.5)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 461.9 (up from 452.2)
Swansea: 487.5 (down from 497.2)
Wales total: 499.8 (up from 499.4 )
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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