That's all from today's live page - thank you for joining us for the developments on the coronavirus pandemic in Wales.

Our latest stories are:

• A further 37 people have died with coronavirus
• Shops and gyms to reopen at end of firebreak
• Supermarket staff 'having to referee' shopping rules
• Deaths highest in Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board area

We'll be back to report on the latest announcements from the Welsh Government briefing on Friday.

Have a good afternoon - stay safe and well.

Covid-19 infections caught within hospitals in Wales have risen to their highest number since the middle of April.

There have been 192 hospital onset cases across Wales in the week to 25 October, according to official Public Health Wales figures.

The biggest jump has been in Swansea Bay - where numbers have more than doubled to 59 "probable" and "definite" cases.

Aneurin Bevan and Cwm Taf Morgannwg health boards (52 and 50 cases in the week respectively) continued to rise but at a much slower rate.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg has already reported a total of 69 deaths at three hospitals relating to outbreaks.

There were 16 cases in Hywel Dda, about the same as last week. PHW over the summer revealed hundreds of patients caught coronavirus while in hospital.

Early on the pandemic, there were high numbers of hospital infections in the Aneurin Bevan health board - which was a hotspot for Covid-19 in March - followed by Cwm Taf Morgannwg, and Cardiff and Vale in April.

This followed analysis into "probable" and "definite" infections of patients, an issue that arose particularly early on in the pandemic.

A separate study of 1,500 hospital cases in the UK in April, which involved Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr, Royal Gwent and Nevill Hall in the Aneurin Bevan health board area, and the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff, found one in eight patients who had received coronavirus treatment had caught it while in hospital.

Overall, 95% of Covid-19 infections occur in the community - only 5% are caught within hospitals.

The majority of the 37 new deaths reported today were in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board area.

Public Health Wales reported 24 people had died with Covid-19 in Cwm Taf Morgannwg, with another five deaths in the Swansea Bay health board area.

Three more people died in Cardiff and Vale and two in the Aneurin Bevan health board area.

The Betsi Cadwaladr, Hywel Dda and Powys health board areas each reported a further death.

Of the positive cases reported on Wednesday, 276 were in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 170 in Cardiff, 127 in Swansea and 119 in Caerphilly. That compares with three in Ceredigion and four on Pembrokeshire.

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Supermarket staff are being put at risk by having to "referee" what can be bought during Wales' coronavirus lockdown, the Welsh Retail Consortium has said.

Supermarkets are only able to sell essential items until 9 November.

On Tuesday, the Welsh Government issued a list of what can be sold and said customers could ask for non-essential items in exceptional circumstances.

It follows a backlash over supermarkets closing parts of their stores.

A petition on the issue exceeded 67,000 signatures, making it the largest ever submitted to the Senedd.

Sara Jones, head of the Welsh Retail Consortium, said staff were being "placed in a very difficult position".

There were 24 deaths from Covid-19 last Thursday, according to the latest figures from Public Health Wales.

This is the highest number of deaths reported in a single day since 1 May, when 29 people were reported to have died with coronavirus.

Thirty-seven people have died and 1,414 new cases have been reported by Public Health Wales.

This brings the total number of deaths to 1,827.

There have been 46,459 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Wales since the pandemic began.

Out of the 719,705 people tested, 673,246 have tested negative.

A 19-year-old student's transplant operation has been postponed for a second time due to the pandemic.

Mali Elwy, from Conwy Valley, was due to receive a kidney from her brother Morgan last week, after the first procedure was cancelled in August.

"They thought it would be too much of a risk for us to go in," she said.

Hospital medics in Liverpool have told her they will reassess her situation in six weeks. The area faces restrictions due to the number of Covid-19 cases.

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Firebreak shopping rules are causing "uncertainty, fear and anxiety", according to supermarket workers.

Filco director Matthew Hunt said he has had no information from the government and "found out on Facebook".

And one supermarket worker said staff are facing "abuse and intimidation".

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Covid rules preventing people from gathering together “must be complied with”, the Welsh Government’s top lawyer said today.

Counsel General Jeremy Miles was speaking after police were called at the weekend to break up a church service in Cardiff.

Around 30 people were present at New Hope Community Church in Llanrumney when officers arrived.

The pastor Rev Wade Mclennan said he knew it was a breach of the rules, but argued the gathering was "essential" for his congregation.

"We were caring for the community," he said.

Mr Miles said the rules “must remain in place and must be observed”.

“By virtue of us living through these particularly challenging times, the sorts of restrictions we’re having to bring in in Wales, and other parts of the UK are bringing in, do represent significant restrictions on people’s rights," he said.

“That’s part of the balance which needs to be assessed each time regulations are brought in, and we do that and we do it rigorously, because of our commitment to rights in this government.

“I do recognise absolutely how hard it is for individuals who want to practice our faith, and what to do that in a setting which enables us to worship together. Many faith leaders and faith settings in a broad sense have been very creative and innovative in supporting worshippers in (finding) a way to do that.

“But I also have to be very clear that the restrictions are in place for a very good reason, and we’re very clear that they must be complied with.”

The Welsh Government’s “intention” is to have a “national set of regulations” after the current lockdown ends end, rather than “the kind of local pattern that we saw” ahead of the firebreak, the counsel general has said.

Jeremy Miles added that “ideally” the rules would be “simpler”.

Before the firebreak began last Friday, 17 areas across Wales were already under local lockdown.

But some local authorities didn’t have any restrictions in place.

People and businesses need to know the "next steps" now so they can prepare for when the firebreak ends, says the Conservative leader in the Senedd.

Paul Davies MS said: “Quite frankly they should have been discussing this before now.

“We don’t know what the plan is”.

He added: “People want to know what the next steps are and businesses need to know so they can plan ahead”.

Welsh Government minister Jeremy Miles says “a new set of national rules to help us live with coronavirus and keep the virus under control” is being discussed this week.

The firebreak will end on 9 November.

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Retailers and the public have a "responsibility" not to buy or sell non-essential items during the firebreak, Counsel General Jeremy Miles said.

The senior legal figure in the Welsh Government cabinet added that individuals are obligated to leave home "only to purchase things which are essential".

"In other parts of the UK and overseas, that retail which is non-essential then is closed for this period - just in the same way that bars and restaurants have been closed and other facilities have been closed," he said.

"So it's a responsibility on the individual not to leave the house to buy something which isn't essential and responsibility on the retailer, not to sell things which are non-essential".

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Post-firebreak rules on travel and visiting family will be announced by First Minister Mark Drakeford "in the coming days", said Mr Miles.

Although current lockdown restrictions will end on 9 November, new Wales-wide rules will then put in place, he added.

Counsel General Miles confirmed discussions were taking place this week to decide on rules on travelling and on meeting people outside the immediate household.

“We can expect to hear from the first minister, I think in the coming days, with a clearer picture of what is ahead following those discussions and following those decisions,” said Mr Miles.

The Welsh Government is due to hold a further press briefing on Friday.

The deaths of 37 more people reported today is evidence that "that a fire break is absolutely essential", Jeremy Miles told the briefing.

He said the sharp increase in deaths is down to a "time lag".

"There is a lag isn't there between the point at which people are infected, the point to which they are admitted to hospital and then the mortality that we have seen.

"So we anticipate it is a product of that time lag. What it tells us is that a fire break is absolutely essential."

Mr Miles added the time lag shows the need for a firebreak "in order to protect people's lives and to protect the NHS in its capacity to keep us all safe".

Public Health Wales reports a total of deaths daily but these have usually occurred over previous days, sometimes several days ago.

There were 18 deaths on 22 October, which was the highest figure for a single day since May.

Jeremy Miles says the Welsh Government is today opening a fund to help businesses who have had to close in the firebreak.

Counsel General Miles said: “Today, we open the extended Economic Resilience Fund to all those businesses across Wales, which have had to close during this two-week firebreak period”.

He added £300m is being made available to support businesses in Wales, in addition to the wage support schemes available from the UK Government. Applications will be via the Business Wales website.

Mr Miles said the funding will include:

• Payments of £1,000 for all businesses eligible for Small Business Rates Relief occupying a property with a rateable value of £12,000 or less
• Payments of up to £5,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses that are required to close and occupy a property with a rateable value of between £12,001 and £50,000
• A discretionary £2,000 top-up grant for businesses closed by the firebreak lockdown
• A further discretionary £1,000 grant for businesses affected by the local restrictions for 21 days or more before the start of the firebreak

“We have made an extra £10m available to support jobs and people during the firebreak," said Mr Miles.

“This will increase the £20m discretionary fund to £25m to support businesses to retain workers at risk of falling through the gaps in support”.

He added: “It will support the Discretionary Assistance Fund, which provides grants to people in need of urgent help, including those waiting for benefit payments and those in employment who are facing hardship”.

More than 1.1m tests were carried out by 25 October, including nearly 540,000 on key workers and care home residents.

A total of 7,971 young people in their 20s have tested positive - 1,633 more than the week before and the number has been steadily rising, according to the latest statistics from Public Health Wales.

Five times as many children and young people aged 10 to 19 are also testing positive than a month ago.

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A huge rise in cases will be reported in Rhondda Cynon Taf today, according to the area's council leader Cllr Andrew Morgan.

He tweeted about an "exceptional" number of cases.

A new set of national rules will be announced after the firebreak, Mr Miles said.

At today's briefing, the Welsh Government's Counsel General outlined how life will look after the short lockdown ends on 9 November.

"When we come out of this, our shops will re-open, people will go back to work, churches and places of worship will resume services," he said.

"Bars and restaurants will serve customers, people will be able to exercise and train in gyms."

But new regulations will be laid out by the government to help us live with coronavirus while keeping it under control, he added.

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Today's briefing has begun with legal chief Jeremy Miles showing a map of coronavirus across Wales.

It shows the seven-day incidence rate is lowest in Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and in Powys.

Merthyr Tydfil has the highest weekly rate - with 402.8 cases per 100,000 people.

The seven-day incidence rate for the whole of Wales is just over 200 cases per 100,000 people, said Mr Miles.

Ahead of today's report from Public Health Wales on the number of cases, he reminded journalists that the reported figure only reflects positive tests.

"The real number will be much higher," he warned.

“This is the highest daily number recorded during the pandemic”.

Another 37 people have died with coronavirus in Wales, Jeremy Miles has told today's briefing.

The latest report from Public Health Wales is due to be released shortly, detailing recent deaths and confirmed cases.

The Welsh Government's chief legal adviser said: "My thoughts are with all the families and friends who are mourning the loss of a loved one."

He added that today's figures underline "why we need this firebreak to break the cycle of transmission and bring the virus under control".

"This firebreak is a short, sharp shock to the virus – we have designed it to be as short as possible but that means the measures we are taking have to be deep to be effective," he said.

He asked everyone in Wales to "weather some short-term pain over this two-week period for our collective, maximum long-term gain".