September 13, 2020 - 1482 views
New cases of COVID-19 are being reported across Wales but again there have been no newly reported deaths.
In the past day 162 new cases were reported, a similar level to that was recorded yesterday. From these 18 cases were in North Wales.
Flintshire recorded the most cases with 9, Denbighshire had 3 and there were 2 cases each in Conwy, Anglesey and Wrexham.
Rhondda Cynon Taff joins Caerphilly in the South with a continued surge of new cases. The areas reported 47 and 31 new cases respectively.
Dr Christopher Williams, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said:
“Public Health Wales welcomes the new action being taken from tomorrow by Welsh Government to prevent further rises in positive coronavirus cases. These include the mandatory wearing of face coverings by people over 11 in public places, like shops, and that only six people from an extended household can meet indoors.
“As children return to schools, I understand that parents will be concerned at reports of positive cases. I would urge you to follow advice from the school or local authority and only withdraw children from school when asked to do so. Social distancing measures that are in place are designed to prevent the spread of the disease beyond the ‘bubbles’ established in schools.
“Again it is important that children maintain regular handwashing throughout the day, and on returning home, and parents’ help with this is vital.
“We are now seeing a steady increase in cases in a number of communities across Wales, and our investigations show that many of these have been transmitted due to a lack of social distancing.
“This has resulted in the spread of the virus to other groups of people.
“We continue to appeal to everyone to please remember that, even if you feel that you would not be badly affected by COVID-19 if you were to test positive, should you pass it on to older or more vulnerable family members, friends or colleagues it could be extremely serious and even fatal."
