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Nine more people have died in Wales after testing positive for coronavirus and about 900 new cases of the virus have been confirmed.
According to the latest statistics released by Public Health Wales on Monday, there have been 892 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Wales, an increase over the 808 recorded the previous day.
Including Monday’s data, 73,233 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Wales since the outbreak began, while 2,385 people have died.
The infection rate in Wales as a whole now stands at 180.9 per 100,000 population based on the seven days through November 20, from 178.9 in the data published on Sunday (until November 19).
Blaenau gwent remains the county in Wales with the highest infection rate, with a seven-day rate of 416.5 , down from 435.1 the day before.
Neath Port Talbot is the second highest with a rate of 274.9 , from 272.8, while Caerphilly is third with 261.8 , from 260.7.
As for the new cases confirmed on Monday, the areas with the highest numbers are Rhondda Cynon Taf with 112, Cardiff with 96, Caerphilly with 80, Swansea with 77, Bridgend with 71 and Newport with 69.
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Other areas with high rates of new cases are Wrexham with 43, Carmarthenshire with 42, Neath Port Talbot with 40, Torfaen with 35, Blaenau Gwent and Vale of Glamorgan with 31, Flintshire with 26, Monmouthshire with 19, Ceredigion and Merthyr Tydfil with 18 , Pembrokeshire and Powys with 15, and Denbighshire with 12.
The counties with fewer than 10 new confirmed cases according to Monday’s statistics are Anglesey with five, Gwynedd with three and Conwy with one.
- Deaths reported today: 9
- Cases reported today: 892 (vs. 808 on Sunday)
- Number of tests performed: 11,916 (vs 14,005 on Sunday)
- Total laboratory confirmed coronavirus deaths in Wales: 2,385
Cases per 100,000 for seven consecutive days (November 13-19)
Aneurin Bevan University Board of Health
Blaenau Gwent: 416.5 (instead of 435.1)
Caerphilly: 261.8 (instead of 260.7)
Monmouthshire: 145.9 (from 137.4)
Newport: 258 (from 230.2)
Torfaen: 198 (instead of 208.6)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Board of Health
Anglesey: 24.3 (from 25.7)
Conwy: 35.8 (instead of 37.5)
Denbighshire: 85.7 (instead of 93.0)
Flintshire: 146.7 (from 157.0)
Gwynedd: 23.3 (instead of 24.1)
Wrexham: 133.9 (from 129.5)
Cardiff and Vale University Board of Health
Cardiff: 171.7 (up from 173.9)
Vale of Glamorgan: 147.5 (up from 140.7)
Cwm Taf Glamorgan University Board of Health
Bridgend: 239.5 (from 215.6)
Merthyr Tydfil: 245.3 (instead of 261.9)
Rhondda Cynon Taff: 264 (instead of 250.3)
Hywel Dda University Board of Health
Carmarthenshire: 192.3 (from 185.4)
Ceredigion: 99 (instead of 100.4)
Pembrokeshire: 66 (up from 67.6)
Powys Teaching Health Council
Powys: 91.4 (from 89.9)
Swansea Bay University Board of Health
Neath Port Talbot: 274.9 (up from 272.8)
Swansea: 233.2 (up from 240.1)
Wales total – 178.9 (vs 171.2)
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At Monday’s briefing on the coronavirus, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said he was concerned that cases would rise dramatically in areas like Blaenau Gwent.
“We have seen increases in cases in the neighboring areas of Caerphilly, Torfaen and Newport,” he said.
“Perhaps the most worrisome of all is the increase, once again, of cases in our population under 25 years of age.
“Over the past seven days or so we have seen an increase in the number of young people contracting the coronavirus in most of Wales.
“We know from the pattern of the pandemic so far in Wales that infections in younger people make their way quickly through the community and into older people.
“Older people are more vulnerable to serious illness if they contract the coronavirus and, sadly, are at a higher risk of being admitted to the hospital and dying.”
Gething added that there was a “great response” from people living in Merthyr Tydfil over the weekend to the massive tests with more than 2,000 tested. “Initial results suggest a 1% positivity rate,” he said.
“I want to encourage people who live and work in the area to keep showing up for a test. We will open new test sites in Aberfan and Dowlais over the next week.
“I want to thank the Merthyr Tydfil Council, the Cwm Taf Morgannwg board of health and our military partners for all the work that has been done in such a short time to set up this pilot.”
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