Wales has recorded a significant rise in the number of people contracting Covid-19. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) infection survey, which is based on a random sample, has revealed that the estimated number of people testing positive for the virus for the week ending October 10 was 117,600 which equates to 3.87% of the population or around one in 25 people.
That's up on the previous week where 2.47%, or around one in 40 of Wales' population, was thought to have Covid. Across the UK total Covid-19 infections have climbed above two million for the first time since July, but levels are not rising in all parts of the country.
On Friday Public Health Wales warned that Wales is showing "early signs of a possible autumn wave" of Covid following a rise hospitalisations and deaths. The NHS trust is now urging people in eligible groups to take up the offer of a booster vaccine to help protect them from serious illness.
