THERE have been 54 new cases of coronavirus recorded in Wales.

There have now been 211,692 cases of coronavirus recorded in Wales since the start of the pandemic.

There were no additional covid-related deaths reported in Wales.

Of the new cases reported on Wednesday by Public Health Wales, 11 were in North Wales.

These can be broken down to:

  • Anglesey 0
  • Conwy 1
  • Denbighshire 0
  • Flintshire 2
  • Gwynedd 3
  • Wrexham 5

The seven-day rate of infection in Wales now stands at 10.1 per 100,000 members of the population.

Here in North Wales, the rate is only higher than the Wales average in Gwynedd and Wrexham. Denbighshire has the lowest rate in Wales with 1 case per 100,000.

Infection rate by local authority area (per 100k):

  • Anglesey 4.3
  • Conwy 5.1
  • Denbighshire 1.0
  • Flintshire 7.7
  • Gwynedd 11.2
  • Wrexham 17.7

Public Health Wales daily statement:

Dr Robin Howe, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said:

“As of Monday 3 May, further relaxation of the regulations came into place, meaning that Wales is now in Alert Level 3. Two households can again form an exclusive extended household ‘bubble’, and can spend time indoors together. Supervised indoor activities for children can resume, along with indoor organised activities for up to 15 adults (such as exercise classes and swimming lessons), and community centres can reopen.

“People should observe social distancing when meeting with others from outside their household or bubble.

“We would remind the general public that it is still extremely important to follow social distancing and hygiene measures to prevent the transmission of Coronavirus. That is, staying 2m from anyone you don’t live with, washing hands regularly and wearing face coverings in indoor settings.

“The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that pregnant women should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the rest of the population, based on their age and clinical risk group. JCVI advice is followed in Wales.

“As there is more experience of the use of the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in pregnancy those vaccines are therefore the preferred vaccines to offer to pregnant women.

“Further to the Welsh Government’s announcement, people who cannot work from home are now able to access free lateral flow self-test kits.

“The rapid coronavirus tests will be available from local test sites across Wales.

“Welsh Government also announced that, following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), that people over 16 who live with individuals with severely weakened immune systems should be offered COVID-19 vaccinations as a priority."