MORE than 6,300 new Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Wales.

Public Health Wales figures released on Monday (October 18) report that 6,398 new cases were recorded in the latest 24-hour period.

Of the new cases reported today, 837 were in North Wales.

Denbighshire had the most new cases of the virus - 188. Flintshire had 161 new cases while Gwynedd had 151.

The new cases of covid in North Wales can be broken down to:

  • Denbighshire 188
  • Flintshire 161
  • Gwynedd 151
  • Wrexham 140
  • Conwy 126
  • Anglesey 71

Sadly, a further 20 people have died in Wales in the latest 24-hour period having tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 28 days. 6,035 people in Wales have died after a positive test since the start of the pandemic.

2,235,723 people have now had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine.

The seven-day rolling infection rate in Wales as a whole is now 560.4 cases per 100,000 people. In North Wales, only the rate in Denbighshire is above the national average.

The infection rate is lowest in Flintshire.

The seven-day rolling infection rate in North Wales can be broken down to:

  • Denbighshire 595.6/100k
  • Anglesey 532.5
  • Gwynedd 437.5
  • Conwy 420.6
  • Wrexham 406.7
  • Flintshire 397.8