One new case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Powys, as the total number of new cases found in the county continues to decline.

According to figures released by Public Health Wales, there has been one fresh case of the disease found in the county, among 34 new cases in Wales overall today.

The number of confirmed cases in Powys now stands at 287, although the true figure is likely to be higher.

The total number of people to have died in Powys with confirmed cases of the disease remains at 13 according to Public Health Wales, although the Office for National Statistics figure of 85 is considered more representative of the county's experience.

Dr Robin Howe, incident director for the Novel Coronavirus outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “Public Health Wales welcomes increased testing resulting from Welsh participation in the UK-wide system.

“From Thursday, June 4, Public Health Wales is reporting the number of tests for Novel Coronavirus undertaken on Welsh residents in Non-NHS Wales laboratories.

“These laboratories were established to support NHS laboratories in increasing COVID-19 testing capacity e.g. UK Lighthouse laboratories. They are currently receiving samples from a number of testing sites, such as the COVID-19 drive-through testing centres in England and from home testing kits.

“Today we are publishing as a separate tab of the dashboard an additional 12,191 tests undertaken by Welsh residents up to 03 June 2020.

“Of the total tests, 91 per cent recorded a negative test result, and four per cent were positive. Indeterminate test results accounted for the remaining five per cent.

“The patients will have been given their results, and will have been given advice to self-isolate.

“Whilst we have prioritised publishing national level figures from this dataset, we are currently working through data issues with NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) and Welsh Government and plan to publish at Health Board and Local Authority level. We expect these testing figures to increase as additional home and community testing increases amongst Welsh residents over the next few weeks.

“Public Health Wales is currently undertaking work to review this data and determine how this links with our existing data from tests undertaken in NHS laboratories in Wales. Whilst this work is ongoing, these figures have not been incorporated into any other outputs including the headline number of cases."