Covid in Wales: How many deaths have there been?

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Wales' Covid infection rate has been below 10 cases per 100,000 people for one month as no coronavirus deaths in Wales have happened for a 12th day.

Public Health Wales did report one death on Monday but it dated back to April 2020, taking the overall Welsh Covid death toll to 5,570 people.

Two of the three UK counties with the lowest Covid case rates are in Wales - Vale of Glamorgan and Caerphilly.

Wales has had the lowest Covid case rate of any UK nation for four months.

Wales reported 75 new positive tests on Monday - as the UK reported 5,683 new cases - taking the total confirmed cases in Wales to 213,166.

In the list of areas in the UK that have the lowest case rates, seven of them are in Wales.

These are Blaenau Gwent (4.3), Bridgend (4.1), Rhondda Cynon Taf (4.1), Merthyr Tydfil (3.3), Powys (3), Caerphilly (2.2) and Vale of Glamorgan (1.5).

Caerphilly and Merthyr have previously been among the areas with the highest case rates.

Figures released on Monday cover 48 hours up to 09:00 on Sunday. The death occurred in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board area.

The case rate in Wales has been between 7 and 10 cases per 100,000 for a month.

The case rate in Wales has edged up to 9.39 per 100,000 population over seven days.

Conwy continues to have the highest case rate in Wales and it has risen to 30.7 cases per 100,000 population.

There have been calls to "fast-track" second vaccine doses in the area amid "serious concerns" over a cluster of the Delta variant, first identified in India, in Llandudno, Llandudno Junction and Penrhyn Bay.

Denbighshire and Swansea are the joint-second highest with 14.6 cases per 100,000, while Gwynedd stands at 14.5.

Vale of Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent, all have very low case rates with three or fewer cases of confirmed Covid in the past seven days.

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The postcode search has been updated to replace data for health boards in Scotland with data for local councils. In England, data for county councils has been replaced with data for district councils. Figures for boroughs and unitary authorities remain unchanged.

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