Wales has recorded more than 1,600 new positive cases of coronavirus in the latest update from Public Health Wales.
Data published on Sunday, August 22 identified 1,626 new cases in Wales over the past 48 hours bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 261,509.
T were also five new Covid-19 deaths reported in Wales, meaning the total number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive now stands at 5,656.
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The latest infection rate across Wales as a whole is now 245.7 per 100,000 people based on the seven days up to August 16 – up from 226.1 recorded on Friday. Every single local authority reported a rise when compared to the previous data, except Blaenau Gwent.
The figures are based on the date a test was done, not the date a test was put on the system, meaning it is an accurate reflection of how fast the virus is spreading in Wales.
The area with the highest infection rate in Wales remains Denbighshire with 402.3 new cases per 100,000 population followed by Newport with 318.1.
The area with the highest number of cases in the latest period was Swansea with 208, followed by Rhondda Cynon Taf with 139, Cardiff with 120, Carmarthenshire with 102, Neath Port Talbot with 92, Bridgend with 81 and Caerphilly with 80.
Meanwhile the Vale of Glamorgan had 71 new cases, Wrexham had 69, Flintshire had 63, Gwynedd had 61, Denbighshire had 50, Powys had 51, Conwy had 59, Newport had 56, Pembrokeshire had 55, Torfaen had 42 and Monmouthshire had 41 and Ceredigion 40.
The areas with the lowest cases were Blaenau Gwent with 22, Anglesey with 20 and Merthyr Tydfil with 18.
The high number of cases the Swansea Bay area are being linked to people who attended the Boardmasters music festival in Cornwall.
At least 56 positive cases have been confirmed in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot linked to the 50,000-capacity event, which took place between August 11 and 15.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is now urging anyone who went to the festival to get a PCR test immediately if they develop symptoms. More details .
The latest figures show that 2,327,180 people in Wales have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,156,653 people have received both doses of the jab.
Uptake of the first vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 13,811 (98.2%)
- Care home workers: 35,655 (93.7%)
- 80 years and older: 162,685 (96.1%)
- Healthcare workers: 137,749 (96.6%)
- Social care workers: 45,712 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 127,740 (96.9%)
- 70-74 years: 175,833 (96.3%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 76,941 (94.6%)
- 65-69 years: 171,135 (95.1%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years 318,902 (90%)
- 60-64 years: 191,716 (93.4%)
- 55-59 years: 213,853 (91.6%)
- 50-54 years: 204,822 (89.7%)
- 40-49 years: 333,574 (84.5%)
- 30-39 years: 328,710 (77%)
- 18-29 years: 367,319 (75.8%)
Uptake of the second vaccine dose by priority group (according to PHW):
- Care home residents: 13,440 (95.5%)
- Care home workers: 34,393 (90.3%)
- 80 years and older: 160,562 (94.9%)
- Healthcare workers: 134,483 (94.3%)
- Social care workers: 44,976 (no percentage available)
- 75-79 years: 126,563 (96%)
- 70-74 years: 174,448 (95.5%)
- Clinically extremely vulnerable 16-69 years: 75,194 (92.5%)
- 65-69 years: 169,181 (94%)
- Clinical risk groups 16-64 years: 305,484 (86.2%)
- 60-64 years: 188,758 (92%)
- 55-59 years: 209,602 (89.8%)
- 50-54 years: 199,427 (87.3%)
- 40-49 years: 317,816 (80.5%)
- 30-39 years: 295,469 (69.2%)
- 18-29 years: 302,241 (62.4%)
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days (week up to August 15):
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 173.2 (down from 174.6)
Newport: 318.1 (up from 303.9)
Caerphilly: 167.3 (up from 155.2)
Torfaen: 261.8 (up from 242.7)
Monmouthshire: 193.5 (up from 175.5)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 293.5 (up from 289.2)
Anglesey: 138.5 (up from 125.6)
Gwynedd: 277.8 (up from 252.9)
Denbighshire: 402.3 (up from 397.1)
Flintshire: 315.8 (up from 299.8)
Wrexham: 310.4 (up from 300.8)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 190.8 (up from 176.9)
Vale of Glamorgan: 205.9 (up from 178.9)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 169.1 (up from 160.8)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 281.4 (up from 253.7)
Bridgend: 207.4 (up from 179.5)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 155.2 (up from 139.9)
Pembrokeshire: 239.2 (up from 212.2)
Ceredigion: 191.2 (down from 188.5)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 253 (up from 227.3)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 306.3 (up from 268.6)
Swansea: 266.4 (up from 230.4)
Wales total: 226.1 (up from226.1)
Nearly all coronavirus restrictions were lifted in Wales on Saturday, August 7, offering people and businesses the greatest amount of freedom since the start of the pandemic.
Restrictions on the number of people meeting indoors in private homes, public places, or at events have been lifted and all businesses and premises can now open.
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Source: Wales Online
