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Four more people have died from coronavirus in Wales and more than 1,100 new cases have been identified.
Public Health Wales (PHW), in its daily update on Tuesday, November 3, confirmed that 1,119 more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 after a laboratory test.
This was a drop from the 1,646 positive cases reported on Monday, November 2.
PHW also added that four more people have lost their lives to the virus in Wales, bringing the death toll to 1,895.
Merthyr Tydfil it remains, in some way, the local authority with the highest number of cases per 100,000 in an average of seven days in 692.9, an increase of 689.6 on Monday.
BlaenauGwent had the second highest incidence rate with 525.3 cases per 100,000, 496.7 more than Monday, while Rhondda Cynon Taf was third with 516.4, more than 506.5 the day before.
Welsh as a whole now averages 260.8 houses per 100,000 people, an increase of 258.5 Monday.
The numbers look at a seven-day average between October 25 and October 31. However, Public Health Wales has said that due to a delay in receiving data, the cases sampled in recent days will not be fully reflected in today’s data, so the incidence is likely to be underestimated.
Here are the key details for Tuesday:
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Deaths reported today: 4
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Cases reported today: 1,119 (vs. 1,646 on Monday)
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Number of tests performed: 10,212 (vs 13,843 on Monday)
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Total laboratory confirmed coronavirus deaths in Wales: 1,895
Rhondda Cynon Taf reported the most positive cases in the last 24 hours with 200, followed by Cardiff with 129, Swansea with 103, Caerphilly with 76, Bridgend with 63 and Blaenau Gwent with 62.
Other local authorities reporting large numbers of cases were Newport with 57, Merthyr Tydfil with 52, Flintshire with 50, Vale of Glamorgan and Neath Port Talbot with 42, Wrexham with 37 and Carmarthenshire with 36.
Meanwhile, Torfaen was 24, Powys was 22, Denbighshire was 18, Conwy was 16, Monmouthshire was 12, Anglesey was seven, Ceredigion was five, Pembrokeshire was three.
It appears that Gwynedd has had no new cases of the virus in the last 24 hours.
Cases per 100,000 for seven consecutive days
Aneurin Bevan University Board of Health
Blaenau Gwent: 525.3 (top)
Caerphilly: 343 (top)
Torfaen: 248 (bottom)
Newport: 193.3 (up)
Monmouthshire: 156.5 (bottom)
Betsi Cadwaldr University Board of Health
Wrexham: 296.4 (up)
Flintshire: 191.5 (bottom)
Anglesey: 98.5 (bottom)
Conwy: 108.4 (unchanged)
Denbighshire: 132.7 (top)
Gwynedd: 53.8 (bottom)
Cardiff and Vale University Board of Health
Cardiff: 304.2 (bottom)
Vale of Glamorgan: 149.7 (top)
Cwm Taf Glamorgan University Board of Health
Merthyr Tydfil: 692.9 (top)
Rhondda Cynon Taff: 516.4 (top)
Bridgend: 282.9 (up)
Hywel Dda University Board of Health
Carmarthenshire: 163.2 (top)
Ceredigion: 31.6 (top)
Pembrokeshire: 52.5 (bottom)
Powys Teaching Health Council
Powys: 127.6 (up)
Swansea Bay University Board of Health
Swansea: 385.4 (top)
Neath Port Talbot: 344 (bottom)
Wales Total – 260.8 (top)
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Wales has now been on their 17-day fire lockdown for over a week.
The rules require people to stay home whenever possible, nonessential retail has been closed, and high schools have been closed for those in their ninth grade and up.
- Welsh residents are asked to stay home until Monday 9 November
- All non-essential retail, leisure, hotel and tourism businesses will close, as was the case during the close of March.
- Community centers, libraries and recycling centers will also close and places of worship will be closed except for funerals or wedding ceremonies.
- Elementary and special schools will reopen normally after midterm, but high schools will only reopen to students in years seven and eight during the second week of the fire outage.
- Indoor or outdoor gatherings with people from other households will not be allowed, with the only exceptions of adults living alone and single parents who may join another household for support.
However, Prime Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed on Monday that travel restrictions will be lifted after the firewall ends on November 9 and pubs, cafes and restaurants will reopen.
Meanwhile, the people of two households will be able to bubble again. The new rules will last for two weeks, after which they will be reviewed to see if further changes can be made.
He said: “We have to do the minimum, not the maximum, that the rules allow.
“Our true strength lies in the decisions we make and the actions we take together.
“When we came out of the lockdown in the spring, we took a cautious approach, loosening restrictions gradually to make sure we didn’t lose all the gains we had worked so hard for.
“We will take that approach again: During the first two weeks after the firewall ends, national measures will be designed to maximize the impact of the work we have all been doing to control the spread of the virus.
“We will review the situation within fifteen days to see if we can make further changes.”
(Image: Government of Wales)
On Tuesday, NHS Wales Executive Director Dr Andrew Goodall said he remained concerned about the upward trend in hospital admissions related to the virus.
He confirmed that there are currently 1,275 Covid-related patients in Wales hospitals, 18% more than last week and the highest number since the end of April.
He added that 57 of the most seriously ill coronavirus patients are being treated in intensive care, an increase of 12% from last week, which is equivalent to a third of ICU beds in Wales.
According to the latest figures, around 90 people with the virus are admitted to Welsh hospitals every day.
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