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More than 2,000 cases of coronavirus they have been reported in 695 schools maintained across Wales since the period began in September.
Eight out of 10 secondary schools have reported at least one case and nine out of 22 Welsh councils record cases in all of their secondary schools.
The information is presented in Public Health Wales’ general case and prevalence data in schools and universities published for the first time on Thursday.
It shows numbers of coronavirus cases in schools and universities in each local council and health board area between September 1 and November 4.
During that time, 12 universities also reported 279 cases of coronavirus.
All high schools in the following council areas have reported at least one case of Covid-19 since the period began:
- Blaenau gwent
- Bridgend
- Cardiff
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
Ceredigion schools and universities are the least affected. No cases of coronavirus have been reported at any of its four high schools or at any of its colleges and universities (FE). Only 2.8% of its 36 primaries have reported a case since the term began. These are the lowest rates in Wales.
Across Wales, between September 1 and November 4, there were 2,101 reports of new Covid-19 cases in 695 schools. Of these 951 were cases in staff and 1,150 in students.
With a total of 1,573 schools maintained across Wales, this means 44.2% of schools that have had at least one case of coronavirus since the start of the term in September.
Of the 695 affected schools, 390 have had more than one case and 305 only one case.
(Image: WalesOnline / Rob Browne)
Council areas with the highest percentage of elementary schools affected:
Blaenau Gwent – 84%
Rhondda Cynon Taf – 73.9%
Merthyr Tydfil – 72%
Swansea – 61%
Cardiff – 59%
Bridgend – 58%
Newport – 55%
Neath Port Talbot – 48%
Also provided are case numbers at the health board level covering all maintained elementary and secondary schools, as well as ‘other’ sites such as special schools, pupil referral units, independent schools, maintained middle schools, and maintained daycare centers. These figures are broken down as follows:
Aneurin Bevan UHB
Elementary – 91
Secondary – 55
Other – 15
Total – 161
Betsi Cadwaladr UHB
Elementary – 94
Secondary – 50
Other – 12
Total – 156
Cardiff and Vale UHB
Elementary – 76
Secondary – 59
Other – 25
Total – 160
Cwm Taf Glamorgan UHB
Elementary – 171
Secondary – 83
Other – 44
Total – 298
Hywel Dda UHB
Elementary – 26
Secondary – 12
Other – 2
Total – 40
Powys teaching HB
Elementary – 8
Secondary – 1
Other – 2
Total – 11
Swansea Bay UHB
Elementary – 86
Secondary – 21
Other – 18
Total – 125
Blaenau Gwent – 5
Caerphilly – 11
Monmouthshire – 0
Newport – 2
Torfaen – 2
Anglesey – 4
Conwy – 1
Denbighshire – 4
Flintshire – 16
Gwynedd – 4
Wrexham – 8
Cardiff – 12
Vale of Glamorgan – 1
Bridgend – 14
Merthyr Tydfil – 10
Rhondda Cynon Taf – 20
Carmarthenshire – 9
Ceredigion – Zero
Pembrokeshire – Zero
Powys – 1
Neath Port Talbot – 10
Swansea – 10
See the latest figures on cases, deaths and infection rates for all areas of Wales by going here and subscribe to our newsletters by going here.
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