Twelve more people have died with coronavirus in Wales according to latest figures published by Public Health Wales.
New data released on Tuesday, February 22, and covering a 72-hour period to 9am on Monday, February 21, shows 1,672 new positive cases, bringing the total to 809,882. The data covers Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as PHW has stopped publishing figures at weekends.
The overall number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive in Wales has now risen to 6,956.
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The latest infection rate based on PCR tests for the seven days up to February 17 now stands at 233.5 cases for every 100,000 people – a reduction from the 275.3 cases recorded on Monday.
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 last Thursday for the week to February 12, show there have been a further 16,905 positive test results reported. That's down from 18,690 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 17 was Ceredigion with 319.1 followed by Cardiff with 305 and Carmarthenshire with 281.8.
Cardiff recorded the most positive cases over the latest 72-hour period with 222 followed by Carmarthenshire with 136, Swansea with 135, RCT with 118, Flintshire with 99, Caerphilly with 78, Newport with 72, and Conwy with 70.
Meanwhile Neath Port Talbot had 65 new cases, Vale of Glamorgan had 64, Wrexham had 63, Monmouthshire and Bridgend both had 59, and Denbighshire had 51.
The areas with the lowest new cases reported were Blaenau Gwent with 48, Gwynedd and Ceredigion both with 46, Powys with 44, Torfaen with 40, Pembrokeshire with 34, Anglesey with 33, and Merthyr Tydfil with 28.
In the seven days to February 17 a total of 24.5% of PCR tests across Wales gave a positive result, a fall on the 26.6% reported on Monday. The highest positivity rates were in Cardiff (29.1%), Vale of Glamorgan (28%) and Ceredigion (26.9%).
As of February 21 there were 12 patients in ventilated intensive care beds with confirmed Covid-19. This is less than a third of 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 21 out of 359 patients in acute hospitals with Covid there were only 93 people actively being treated for Covid in Wales.
A total of 2,518,455 people have received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,382,278 have been given two doses. Meanwhile 1,892,895 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 17:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 250.5 (down from 304.9)
Newport: 208.8 (down from 250.8)
Caerphilly: 186.1 (down from 204.9)
Torfaen: 210.7 (down from 287.4)
Monmouthshire: 248.4 (down from 275.9)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 223.5 (down from 266.2)
Anglesey: 162.8 (down from 218.4)
Gwynedd: 213.6 (down from 251.3)
Denbighshire: 202.7 (down from 247.7)
Flintshire: 228.1 (down from 267.1)
Wrexham: 205.9 (down from 242)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 305 (down from 350.2)
Vale of Glamorgan: 273.2 (down from 280.7)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 218.8 (down from 220.5)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 207.2 (down from 230.9)
Bridgend: 185 (down from 199.9)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 281.8 (down from 349.1)
Pembrokeshire: 224.1 (down from 264.7)
Ceredigion: 319.1 (down from 436.1)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 207.6 (down from 263.5)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 221.2 (down from 261)
Swansea: 221.9 (down from 279.4)
Wales total: 233.5 (down from 275.3)
The headlines from the latest ONS infection survey published at 2pm on Wednesday, February 16, suggest the percentage of people testing positive for Covid in Wales decreased during the week ending February 12.
It estimated 112,600 people in Wales, equivalent to one in 25, had Covid in the week ending February 12. In England it was one in 20 people. In Scotland one in 25 people had Covid in the same week, the same as Wales, while in Northern Ireland it was around one in 13.
The legal requirement to show a Covid pass to enter certain venues and events has now been lifted in Wales 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.
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