More than 1,000 Covid-19 cases in Gwent in latest three day period

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Tuesday, 22 March 2022 13:08

By Saul Cooke-Black - Local Democracy Reporter

More than 1,000 Covid-19 cases and three new deaths have been reported in Gwent over the latest three-day period, according to Public Health Wales.

Public Health Wales (PHW) has confirmed a further 4,909 coronavirus cases in Wales, which includes 1,036 across Gwent.

Of the Gwent cases, 281 were in Caerphilly county borough, 265 in Newport, 172 in Monmouthshire, 170 in Torfaen and 149 in Blaenau Gwent.

Five new deaths have been reported across Wales, including three in Gwent’s Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area.

It takes the total number of deaths relating to Covid-19 to 1,199 in Gwent and 7,075 in Wales.

The seven-day infection rate across Wales has risen to 403 cases per 100,000 of the population, up from 334.5, according to the latest PHW figures.

The latest figures relate to a 72-hour period up to 9am on Monday.

Here are all of the newly recorded Covid cases in Wales by local authority:

Blaenau Gwent: 149
Caerphilly: 281
Monmouthshire: 172
Newport: 264
Torfaen: 170
Anglesey: 108
Conwy: 170
Denbighshire: 164
Flintshire: 284
Gwynedd: 189
Wrexham: 248
Cardiff: 534
Vale of Glamorgan: 202
Bridgend: 175
Merthyr Tydfil: 90
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 391
Carmarthenshire: 263
Ceredigion: 89
Pembrokeshire: 166
Powys: 174
Neath Port Talbot: 164
Swansea: 291
Unknown location: 25
Resident Outside Wales: 146