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Katie Bellis

The state of coronavirus in Swansea - latest breakdown of Covid rates across the city

Swansea's overall coronavirus infection rate is now the third lowest in Wales.

The latest data, published by Public Health Wales on February 11, shows that the current infection rate across the city is 65.6 per 100,000 people. Only Ceredigion (46.8) and Pembrokeshire (59.6) currently have a lower rate than Swansea in Wales.

That figure is based on the number of infections per 100,000 population in the seven days up to February 6.

What are the vaccination figures for Swansea?

So far 20% of the Welsh population has been vaccinated - making it the first UK population to have done so.

As at February 7, Wales had administered 613,679 doses in total, up from 427,539 the previous week. Nearly all of these were first doses of the vaccine, which is given in two separate jabs.

The number of vaccination doses administered by Swansea Bay University Health Board is now up to 71,339 .

Last week, the total number of vaccination doses administered by the health board up to January 31 was 53,876.

Nurse Pamela Reynolds gives Phillip Dowelle his first jab (Gayle Marsh)

How many people with coronavirus are in hospital?

Data from February 9 shows that there were 1,077 general and acute beds occupied across Swansea Bay University Local Health Board, with 307 of those taken up by a Covid-19 case - that's 32 less than last week. The figures from the last two weeks show that the number of patients in hospital with coronavirus is falling.

Out of 37 invasive ventilated beds available across the board, 27 beds are being occupied at the moment, with 13 currently being used by a Covid-19 case - two less than last week.

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Which areas of Swansea currently have the highest and lowest rates of coronavirus?

The Wales infection rate is now 107.4 per 100,000 population for the seven days up to February 6, a decrease from 111.4 on Wednesday. It has not been this low since late September. However the rate at which infections are falling has slowed.

The areas of Swansea with the highest rates of coronavirus cases currently are Landore, Sketty and Loughor.

Last week Gowerton, Landore and St Thomas were the areas with the highest rates. Gowerton has now recorded one of the lowest infection rates in the past week, which shows how quickly the data can change.

This data shows a breakdown of different parts of the city:

The total number of cases is followed by the incidence per 100,000 population (rounded to the nearest whole number), starting with the area with the highest infection rate:

Landore - 17, 165

Sketty - 8, 126

Loughor - 12, 126

Bonymaen - 9, 120

Gorseinon - 12, 113

Townhill - 10, 110

West Cross - 7, 108

Llansamlet - 7, 100

Tycoch - 8, 98

Birchgrove - 8, 99

Morriston North - 8, 90

Clydach & Mawr - 7, 74

West Gower - 4, 63

Killay - 3, 60

Central Swansea - 6, 58

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Mynyddbach - 5, 55

Cwmbwrla - 4, 51

Pontarddulais - 3, 45

Penderry - 4, 42

Cockett - 3, 41

Morriston South - 3, 40

Llanmorlais & Three Crosses - 0-2, fewer than 40

Llangyfelach & Tircoed - 5, 36

Dunvant and Upper Killay - 0-2, fewer than 36

Mayals & Bishopston - 0-2, fewer than 35

Gowerton - 0-2, fewer than 30

Mumbles & Newton - 0-2, fewer than 27

St Thomas - 0-2, fewer than 25

Ravenhill - 0-2, fewer than 24

Uplands - 0-2, fewer than 21

Brynmill - 0-2, fewer than 20

What does the data actually mean?

It is really important to bear in mind that this data is very volatile because it covers such small areas. Where an area has a very small population even one positive case can push up the rate of cases per 100,000 significantly.

You should therefore be cautious about drawing too many conclusions directly from the information.

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