Covid in Wales: How many cases and deaths have there been?

4 July 2021

Coronavirus

This story is no longer being updated but you can find all the latest figures on coronavirus and its impact in Wales here.

A further 535 people have tested positive for coronavirus but no new deaths have been reported, Public Health Wales figures have shown.

Wales' case rate is 81.1 per 100,000 people, up from the 71.1 reported on Friday.

The total number of Covid cases reported in Wales reached 219,831 and total deaths remained at 5,575.

While case rates continue to climb, numbers of Covid patients in Wales' hospitals have fallen to a record low.

The figures released on Sunday cover the 24-hour period up to 9am on Friday.

PHW has confirmed that the Delta variant has now replaced other strains of coronavirus as the dominant variant in all health board areas.

The data also shows about 72% of people in Wales (2,263,775) have now had at least one Covid vaccine.

Of these, 1,723,824 (55%) have had their second jab.

What are local case rates like?

Of the new cases, most were reported in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board area (149) and Cardiff and Vale (125).

The local authority with the highest case rate in Wales was Flintshire with 183.9 cases per 100,000 people for the seven-day period up to 28 June.

It is one of six areas which now have rates of 100 or above, alongside Wrexham (167.7), Denbighshire (159.9), Conwy (104.1), Gwynedd (111.6) and Cardiff (120.2).

The lowest case rates are in Merthyr Tydfil (31.5), Newport (27.8) and Ceredigion (35.8).

What about positivity rates?

The positivity rate - the proportion of tests coming back positive - has risen recently, driven again by the rise in north Wales.

At 4.9%, it is still below the 5% threshold - and has been for four months - which has been regarded as a key indicator for easing lockdown restrictions.

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Data for the most recent days may be revised upwards as new test results are received

What do these charts show?

Cases are people who have tested positive for coronavirus. Public health bodies may occasionally revise their case numbers. Case rate by age only available for England. *The "average area" means the middle ranking council or local government district when ranked by cases per 100,000 people.
The case rate chart shows how many people have tested positive each day for every 100,000 people in that area. The dark blue line shows the average daily rate over the past seven days. This average helps to show whether cases are rising or falling. The case rate by age chart shows how many people have tested positive in each age group per 100,000 people. Steeper rises in older age groups are of more concern because older people are more likely to be badly affected by the virus and are more likely to need hospital care. The case rate by age shows a rate. This means the values for the two age groups cannot be added together to get the overall case rate in each area.
Source: UK public health bodies - updated weekdays.

Vaccines are data for first doses. England and Scotland data is by local authority, Wales is by health board area, Northern Ireland is national data. The percentages of people vaccinated is calculated using the most recent mid-year population estimates published by the Office for National Statistics. The actual size of the population in each area may differ and so the percentages are also estimates.
Source: NHS England, Public Health Wales, Public Health Scotland, gov.uk dashboard, Office for National statistics. England and Wales updated weekly. Scotland and Northern Ireland updated weekdays

Deaths are where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. The chart shows the number of deaths recorded each week per 100,000 people in that area. Covid deaths are in red, other deaths are in grey. The average is the monthly average of deaths in the last five years between 2014-2019. This average will continue to be used in 2021. Recording of deaths over Christmas and New Year was affected by the bank holidays - trends should be treated with caution.
Source: ONS, NRS and NISRA - data updated weekly.

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The postcode search has been updated to replace data for health boards in Scotland with data for local councils. In England, data for county councils has been replaced with data for district councils. Figures for boroughs and unitary authorities remain unchanged.

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