Wales has seen a significant rise in its Covid infection rate for the second week in a row. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) infection survey for the week ending September 20 shows the estimated number of people testing positive for Covid-19 was 62,900, equating to 2.07% of the population or around one in 50 people.
That is a notable increase on the 39,700 (1.31%%), or around one in 75 people, for the week ending September 14. It is the second week in a row there has been a substantial rise. For the week ending September 5, only one in 110 people had Covid. It means that in the past fortnight the number of people with Covid in Wales has more than doubled.
However the Welsh Government said that as the estimates are based on a "relatively low number of positive tests", caution should be taken in over-interpreting any small movements in the latest trend.
