North Wales records Wales' only coronavirus death for second day in a row, latest figures show

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North Wales has recorded another coronavirus death - the only one reported overnight in Wales.

In the latest figures, released by Public Health Wales today, a further 100 coronavirus cases were recorded.

This means a total of 15,126 people have now tested positive for the virus - although the actual number is likely to be much higher than this.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) had the highest number of new cases with 66 reported overnight, bringing the total number of cumulative cases in the region to 3,322 - the highest in Wales.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board follows behind with 2,902 confirmed cases so far.

The latest figures also show that Wales' only death recorded in the last 24 hours was within BCUHB.

This brings our cumulative total of deaths to 340, the highest number reported by Welsh health boards.

Betsi is Wales' largest health board covering a population of 700,000 people - around 22% of the country's total. It also has an older population than Wales as a whole.

Updated statistics on our six counties have also been released by Public Health Wales, which each county recording an increase in confirmed cases over the last 24 hours.

It means that since the outbreak began, 327 people have tested positive on Anglesey, 627 in Conwy, 700 in Denbighshire, 508 in Flintshire, 510 in Gwynedd and 650 in Wrexham.

Since yesterday, Anglesey has recorded the biggest increase in new cases with an additional 30 overnight.

Gwynedd reported a further 18 cases, while the remaining four countries had less than 10 new cases each.

In a statement released yesterday (June 20), health officials in Wales "welcomed" the changes to lockdown rules coming into force tomorrow.

Dr Chris Williams, incident director for the coronavirus outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “It is important to note that until a further announcement is made by Welsh Government, then the current measures remain in place.

"As general rule, people should not travel more than five miles from home."

He said that "this will help to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading as people begin to travel more."

He added: "Future relaxation of lockdown measures will also be dependent on everyone following advice set out in the ‘Test, Trace, Protect’ strategy, including self-isolating when required.

"Complying with social distancing and hygiene measures remain extremely important."

Dr Williams also reminded that screening programmes in Wales will start sending invitations to eligible individuals again soon, beginning with Cervical Screening Wales from the end of June.