NO new cases of coronavirus have been found in Powys for the third time this week.

According to figures released by Public Health Wales, there has been no new confirmed case of the disease found in the county, as 76 new cases were confirmed in Wales overall today.

The number of confirmed cases in Powys still 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 (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “Today, our data dashboard will be updated to include the number of deaths reported in Wales by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

“This data is different to the information we already publish because it shows deaths by area of residence, and not by hospital location. This addresses the current under-reporting of deaths in areas where there are no acute hospitals.

"The ONS data does not require a positive test result for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to be the registered cause of death, but is based on information provided in the death certificate where in some cases the certifying doctor suspected the death involved Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) but was not certain, for example, because no test was done.

“Because this data is reported weekly by the ONS, it will be updated on our dashboard on a weekly basis on Fridays. Today’s update will be to the week ending May 22. Figures may differ slightly between those published by Public Health Wales due to different methodologies.

“Public Health Wales welcomes increased testing resulting from Welsh participation in the UK-wide system."