ALMOST 230 new COVID cases have been recorded in North Wales, public health officials report.

Data released by Public health Wales on July 30 shows that there have been 824 new cases reported in Wales, of which 227 were in the North.

They can be broken down as such:

• Anglesey – 7 (10.0 per 100,000 population)

• Conwy – 56 (47.8 per 100,000 population)

• Denbighshire – 58 (60.6 per 100,000 population)

• Flintshire – 34 (21.8 per 100,000 population)

• Gwynedd – 24 (19.3 per 100,000 population)

• Wrexham – 48 (35.3 per 100,000 population)

BCUHB stats:

• Total confirmed COVID-19 cases from North Wales as of July 29 – 44,164

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board – the largest health board in Wales – has reported 959 people have sadly died since the start of the pandemic, according to PHW data, with no daily increase.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics, which are considered a stronger indicator of the overall impact of the virus, and which are based on all deaths where COVID is mentioned on the death certificate, stand at 1,416 for the health board area.

The national picture:

Across Wales, another 824 COVID cases were confirmed in the latest figures, meaning that 240,843 people are now known to have contracted the coronavirus since the pandemic began.

There were four new deaths reported on Thursday, with the figure at 5,610 across Wales since the start of the pandemic.

Headline figures show that, across Wales, 2,293,927 people have had their first COVID-19 jab. Of that figure, a total of 2,047,616 completed the two-dose treatment.

Despite a further rise in cases, the average 7-day case rate per 100,000 people is decreasing and now stands at a national average of 152.7.