More than 400 people have now died from coronavirus in Wales.
Another 19 people have died in the last 24 hours after testing positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of deaths in Wales to 403, said Public Health Wales.
There are now 5,848 patients diagnosed with the virus - with 238 new cases confirmed.
Dr Robin Howe, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “238 new cases have tested positive for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 5,848, although the true number of cases is likely to be higher.
“19 further deaths have been reported to us of people who had tested positive for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the number of deaths in Wales to 403.
"We offer our condolences to families and friends affected."
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, which covers North Wales, is dealing with 477 cases of coronavirus - including 14 new cases.
North Wales cases
Anglesey: One new case - total 28
Conwy: Two new cases - total 59
Denbighshire: Two new cases - total 111
Flintshire: Four new cases - total 117
Gwynedd: One new case - total 66
Wrexham: Four new cases - total 96
Dr Howe added: “Public Health Wales is working to address the negative impact of COVID-19 on the social, mental and physical wellbeing of people in Wales. The new ‘How are you doing?’ campaign is now live and offering practical advice from phw.nhs.wales/howareyoudoing.
“As part of our efforts to continually expand testing, there is now a Deloitte testing facility operational at Cardiff City Stadium. This is part of the UK-wide plan to test key workers. In Wales this has been led by Public Health Wales, Welsh Government, the Local Resilience Forum, and Deloitte. Please note that the facility is for key workers and you should only attend if invited.
“Public Health Wales is working with Deloitte to integrate reporting systems so they can be included in Public Health Wales’ data dashboard."
Public Health Wales is also working with the Welsh Government and Welsh Blood Service in the fight against the virus.
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Dr Howe said: “Public Health Wales is working in partnership with the Welsh Government and the Welsh Blood Service to explore the use of convalescent plasma from people who have recovered from Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
“Plasma from patients who have recovered from Coronavirus will contain antibodies that their immune systems have produced to fight the virus which can be transfused to patients whose immune systems are struggling to develop their own antibodies.
“The initiative is at an early stage and we will be inviting eligible individuals by direct approach only at this stage.
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