A further nine people have tested positive for coronavirus in Newport.
Public Health Wales' (PHW) latest update revealed Newport seven-day rolling average number of cases has dropped slightly to 53 per 100,000 people - down from 55 on Tuesday.
The data also confirms three new deaths related to Covid-19 in Wales, bringing the national total to 5,491.
PHW recorded 159 new positive cases in the last 24-hour period across Wales, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 208,277.
The number of people who have died with coronavirus in Wales within a month of a positive test is now at 5,491.
The infection rate across Wales is now 40.5 cases per 100,000 of population based on the seven days up to March 19, which is slightly down from 41.5 on Tuesday and below the key Welsh Government benchmark of 50.
The percentage of tests coming back with positive results is now below the key 5% benchmark at 3.3% in the last seven days.
The data show that 1,302,974 people have now received a first dose of the vaccine and a further 366,803 have had both jabs.
U ptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 12,272 (95.7%)
- Care home workers: 34,720 (87%)
- Healthcare workers: 135,646 (89.7%)
- Social care workers: 49,011
- 80 years and older: 166,402 (94.7%)
- 75-79 years: 127,176 (95.3%)
- 70-74 years: 174,149 (94.8%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 74,158 (90.8%)
- 65-69 years: 166,659 (92.4%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 240,676 (72.4%)
- 60-64 years: 172,516 (83.9%)
- 55-59 years: 126,475 (54.2%)
- 50-54 years: 91,042 (40%)
Key details
- Deaths reported today: Three
- Cases reported today: 159 (up from 127)
- Total deaths with lab-confirmed coronavirus in Wales: 5,491
- Total number of people who have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine: 1,302,974
- Total number of people who have received a two-dose course of Covid-19 vaccine: 366,803
Swansea saw the highest number of new cases reported on Wednesday with 24 followed by Neath Port Talbot and Anglesey with 12 apiece, Merthyr Tydfil with 11 and Conwy, Cardiff and Flintshire all with 10 new cases.
Newport had nine new cases, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire and Rhondda Cynon Taf all had seven new cases, Carmarthenshire had six, while Bridgend, Wrexham, Gwynedd, the Vale of Glamorgan and Blaenau Gwent all had four.
Meanwhile, Torfaen had three, Denbighshire had two and Pembrokeshire and Powys had one each.
Ceredigion reported no new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
Cases per 100,000 based on seven-day rolling average (March 13 to March 19 ):
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 68.7 (up from 61.5)
Newport: 53 (down from 55)
Caerphilly: 46.9 (up from 46.4)
Torfaen: 18.1 (down from 22.3)
Monmouthshire: 13.7 (unchanged)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 51.2 (down from 59.7)
Anglesey: 101.4 (down from 107.1)
Gwynedd: 41.7 (down from 46.6)
Denbighshire: 26.1 (up from 25.1)
Flintshire: 71.7 (down from 75.6)
Wrexham: 33.8 (unchanged)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 33.3 (up from 30.3)
Vale of Glamorgan: 38.2 (down from 43.4)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 112.7 (up from 111.1)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 22.4 (down from 23.6)
Bridgend: 19 (up from 17.0)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 30.7 (down from 36.0)
Pembrokeshire: 32.6 (up from 31.8)
Ceredigion: 11 (unchanged)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 15.9 (up from 15.1)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 46.8 (up from 45.4)
Swansea: 53.4 (down from 56.7)
Wales total: 40.5 (down from 41.5)
Dr Robin Howe, incident director for the novel coronavirus outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: "Public Health Wales is today publishing its first weekly report on the results of Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) across Wales.
“LFTs have been rolled out in a number of sectors to enhance case finding in asymptomatic individuals, and to support the safe return of operations in these sectors.
“The numbers of LFTs are not included in the overall results presented on Headline Summary tab, but anyone who gets a positive LFT is advised to get a PCR test, and these numbers are included in the figures.
“Supermarkets can now sell non-essential items and garden centres can open in Wales. This slight easing of Covid lockdown rules is encouraging and while the level of infection across Wales has declined in recent weeks, there are still several areas which have significantly higher rates.
“Public Health Wales, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Isle of Anglesey County Council are working to offer additional coronavirus testing in Holyhead and Holy Island, including lateral flow tests for secondary school students and their linked households, and home-delivered PCR tests for local residents. This case-finding aims to find undetected infections to control and reduce the transmission in this area.
“In many areas of Wales, the numbers of cases are falling. It is now so important that we don’t throw away the substantial gains that we have made, and I would like to send a clear message to everyone that coronavirus hasn’t disappeared and there are still a large number of people who have not been vaccinated. In order to protect everyone, including the most vulnerable, we must all stick to the rules."
