A further two people have died with coronavirus, according to latest figures from Public Health Wales.
New data published on Monday, March 7, and covering a 24-hour period, also shows 1,023 new positive cases to bring the total to 819,169.
The number of people who have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test now stands at 7,017.
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The latest infection rate based on PCR tests for the seven days up to February 28 is now 156.1 cases for every 100,000 people – a fall from the 159.6 cases recorded on Friday.
However 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 today for the week to February 27, show there have been a further 9,255 positive test results reported. That's down from 11,350 the previous week. Positivity also increased slightly from 8.23% to 8.49%. The highest incidence rate was in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area with 349.5 positive tests for every 100,000 people.
The area of Wales with the highest infection rate for the seven days up to February 28 was Vale of Glamorgan with 211.1 followed by Blaenau Gwent with 191.8 and Carmarthenshire with 189.1.
Cardiff recorded the most positive cases over the latest 24-hour period with 137, followed by RCT and Carmarthenshire both with 78, Swansea with 64, Caerphilly with 53, and Vale of Glamorgan and Pembrokshire both with 52.
Meanwhile Flintshire had 49 new cases, Gwynedd had 47, Neath Port Talbot had 45, Blaenau Gwent had 38, Newport and Powys both had 37, Wrexham had 35, Denbighshire had 33, Conwy had 32 and Monmouthshire had 30.
The areas with the lowest new cases reported were Ceredigion and Bridgend both with 23, Anglesey with 22, Torfaen with 21, and Merthyr Tydfil with 14.
In the seven days to February 28 a total of 21.1% of PCR tests across Wales gave a positive result, a fall on the 21.5% reported on Friday. The highest positivity rates were in Vale of Glamorgan (26.3%), Blaenau Gwent (24.7%) and Cardiff (24.6%).
As of March 4 there were just eight patients in ventilated intensive care beds with confirmed Covid-19 - and all of then were based in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. This is well below the Omicron wave peak of 39 on January 5.
New figures are also being published showing the number of people being specifically treated for Covid rather than testing positive for the virus but being in hospital for other reasons. As of February 28 out of 363 patients in acute hospitals with Covid there were only 77 people actively being treated for Covid in Wales (24%).
A total of 2,521,885 people have received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,389,355 have been given two doses. Meanwhile 1,912,811 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 28:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 191.8 (up from 183.2)
Newport: 143.5 (up from 139.6)
Caerphilly: 132.5 (unchanged)
Torfaen: 145.8 (down from 150.1)
Monmouthshire: 153.3 (down from 163.9)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 183.4 (down from 189.4)
Anglesey: 122.8 (up from 118.5)
Gwynedd: 141.3 (up from 117.2)
Denbighshire: 156.7 (down from 164.1)
Flintshire: 153.1 (down from 158.2)
Wrexham: 151.5 (down from 154.5)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 179.1 (down from 198.4)
Vale of Glamorgan: 211.1 (down from 221.6)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 112.7 (up from 106.1)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 136.8 (up from 124.3)
Bridgend: 105.4 (down from 123.1)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 189.1 (up from 187)
Pembrokeshire: 162.1 (down from 174.1)
Ceredigion: 165.1 (down from 183)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 116.3 (down from 123.8)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 157.7 (down from 159.1)
Swansea: 157.5 (down from 158.3)
Wales total: 156.1 (down from 159.6 )
The headlines from the latest ONS infection survey published on March 4 suggest the percentage of people testing positive for Covid in Wales decreased during the week ending February 26. It means cases in Wales have fallen for the third week in a row.
It estimated 94,200 people in Wales, equivalent to one in 30, had Covid in the week ending February 26. This was the same as England. However, Scotland has seen an increase with one in 19 having Covid in the last week for which data is available. Northern Ireland continues to have the highest rates of Covid in the UK, although rates are decreasing.
On Thursday evening First Minister Mark Drakeford announced that all legal Covid measures in Wales could be removed by March 28.
He said Wales will remain at alert level zero for the next three weeks but legal requirements could go following a review on March 24 if the public health situation remains stable.
It means on March 28 it will no longer be compulsory to wear face coverings in shops, on public transport, or in healthcare settings on that date and self-isolation will not be required by law.
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