MORE than 2,900 new Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Wales.
Public Health Wales figures released on Sunday (October 17) report that 2,965 new cases were recorded in the latest 24-hour period.
Of the new cases reported today, 369 were in North Wales.
Denbighshire had the most new cases of the virus - 75. Flintshire had 73 new cases.
The new cases of covid in North Wales can be broken down to:
- Denbighshire 75
- Flintshire 73
- Wrexham 60
- Conwy 57
- Anglesey 55
- Gwynedd 49
Sadly, a further 10 people have died in Wales in the latest 24-hour period having tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 28 days. 6,015 people in Wales have died after a positive test since the start of the pandemic.
2,233,733 people have now had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine.
The seven-day rolling infection rate in Wales as a whole is now 529.3 cases per 100,000 people. In North Wales, only the rate in Denbighshire is above the national average.
The seven-day rolling infection rate in North Wales can be broken down to:
- Denbighshire 564.3/100k
- Anglesey 488.3
- Gwynedd 439.1
- Conwy 438.6
- Wrexham 428.1.4
- Flintshire 424.7
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