Ten more people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to the latest figures published by Public Health Wales.
New data released on Monday, February 14, and covering a 48-hour period shows 2,122 new positive cases, bringing the total to 802,438.
The overall number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive in Wales now stands at 6,923.
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The latest infection rate based on PCR tests, for the seven days up to February 9, now stands at 339.1 cases for every 100,000 people – a reduction from the 379.0 cases recorded on Sunday.
The infection rate based on PCR tests is only a guide to the spread of Covid in Wales as it does not include lateral flow test results, which are reported weekly in Wales. People with no symptoms who test positive on an LFT no longer need a confirmatory PCR test.
The latest data on lateral flow tests, published on Thursday for the week to February 6, show there have been a further 18,690 positive test results reported. That's down from 23,066 the previous week. Positivity also decreased from 11.87% to 10.24%. The highest incidence rate was in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area with 680.2 positive tests for every 100,000 people.
The area of Wales with the highest infection rate for the seven days up to February 9 was Carmarthenshire with 486.8 followed by Cardiff with 393.8 and Torfaen with 382.1.
Cardiff recorded the most positive cases over the latest 48-hour period with 301 followed Swansea with 158, Carmarthenshire with 142, Rhondda Cynon Taf with 127, Flintshire with 11 and Ceredigion with 106.
Meanwhile Vale of Glamorgan and Newport both had 95 new cases, Caerphilly had 93, Wrexham had 85, Gwynedd had 81, Pembrokeshire had 77, Powys had 74, Bridgend had 71, Neath Port Talbot had 68 and Monmouthshire had 67.
The areas with the lowest new cases reported were Conwy with 62, Torfaen with 54, Blaenau Gwent with 52, Denbighshire with 50, Anglesey 35, and Merthyr Tydfil with 31.
In the seven days to February 9 a total of 29% of PCR tests across Wales gave a positive result, a fall on the 30.4% reported on Sunday. The highest positivity rates were in Carmarthenshire (32.7%), Cardiff (32.5%), and Swansea (32.3%).
There were 15 people in ventilated intensive care beds with confirmed Covid-19 on February 11. This was one less than reported on February 10 and way down on the Omicron wave peak of 39 on January 5.
Because of the number of people in hospital at the moment who have Covid but it is not the primary reason they need treatment, new figures are also being published showing the number of people being treated for Covid. As of February 11, there were only 94 people in acute hospitals actively being treated for Covid in Wales - out of 341 patients in acute hospitals with Covid.
A total of 2,516,661 people have received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,377,764 have been given two doses. Meanwhile 1,863,556 people have been given their booster jabs in Wales.
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to February 9:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 342.1 (down from 363.6)
Newport: 340.7 (down from 396.3)
Caerphilly: 294.4 (down from 352.9)
Torfaen: 382.1 (down from 394.8)
Monmouthshire: 303.4 (down from 316.1)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 301.2 (down from 334.5)
Anglesey: 301.2 (down from 338.4)
Gwynedd: 318.7 (down from 331.6)
Denbighshire: 307.2 (down from 330.2)
Flintshire: 331.8 (down from 356.8)
Wrexham: 342 (down from 415.6)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 393.8 (down from 445.6)
Vale of Glamorgan: 324.9 (down from 392.3)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 315 (down from 351.4)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 259.1 (down from 287.2)
Bridgend: 244.8 (down from 265.2)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 486.8 (down from 563.1)
Pembrokeshire: 329.8 (down from 360.8)
Ceredigion: 367.3 (up from 323.3)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 305.8 (down from 337.5)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 319.6 (down from 363.5)
Swansea: 369.2 (down from 418.2)
Wales total: 339.1 (down from 379.0)
The headlines from the latest ONS infection survey published at 2pm on Wednesday, February 9, suggest the percentage of people testing positive for Covid in Wales has decreased during the week ending February 5.
It estimates 121,200 people in Wales, equivalent to one in 25, had Covid in the week ending February 5. In England it’s one in 19 people. In Scotland one in 25 people had Covid in the same week, the same as Wales, while in Northern Ireland it’s around one in 13.
On Friday the Welsh Government will start to ease Covid pass and mask rules in Wales. From February 18 the legal requirement to show a Covid pass to enter certain venues and events will be lifted and from Monday, February 28, face coverings will no longer need to be worn in all indoor public places. Schools will be able to set their own rules from the same date. You can read the full list of changes here.
Economy minister Vaughan Gething said in a press briefing on Friday: "The improving public health situation in Wales, together with the ongoing success of our vaccination programme, means we can now begin to gradually and carefully relax some of the protections we have in place at alert level zero.
"We will not be removing all the protective measures at once. While we can be confident that cases of coronavirus are falling that doesn’t mean it’s gone away."
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