October 04, 2020 - 1665 views
New cases of COVID-19 in Wales have fallen back slightly compared to Saturday's tally. Today Public Health Wales are reported 432 new cases along with no new deaths.
However in North Wales the level of new cases has increased on yesterday with 99 reports of positive tests.
Locally Conwy and Denbighshire has 13 and 14 cases respectively. Gwynedd has experienced many new cases in the past few days with 21 new cases whilst the east of the region continues to be impacted by a large number of new cases. These include 29 cases in Flintshire and 20 in Wrexham.
New cases on Anglesey have remained relatively low compared to the rest of the region.
In the past week Flintshire's 137 cases has put the county ahead of other local authority areas in North Wales. Currently there is now 87.7 cases per 100,000 of population. In Conwy the figure is 65.7 per 100,000.
Dr Giri Shankar Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said:
“Public Health Wales supports the amendment to the local lockdown restrictions where households that include only one adult can now form a bubble with people from one other household in their lockdown area.
“The new coronavirus restrictions apply in four local authority areas in North Wales - Denbighshire, Flintshire, Conwy and Wrexham.
“These arrangements are necessary in order to bring transmission of the virus under control in these areas. It is very important that we abide by the regulations in the areas in which we live and that we do not travel between local authority areas without a reasonable excuse.
“We are now also seeing an increase in cases in Gwynedd and for that reason we to urge people to continue to follow the public health guidance: self-isolate when asked to do so, stay two metres away from others, and wash your hands regularly. These actions are essential in reducing spread of the virus, protecting older and vulnerable people, and keeping Wales safe.
“Following the introduction of restrictions in the borough of Caerphilly, our data is beginning to show a downward trend, and although we cannot categorically say this trend is a result of lockdown, we are cautiously optimistic and we are looking at a number of alternative sources to validate these results.
“We remind people living in areas of Wales where there are currently no restrictions in place to remember, at all times, the importance of adhering to the regulations to prevent further local restrictions.
“The new restrictions mean that people living in the affected areas will not be allowed to enter or leave their local authority area without a reasonable excuse.
“They will not be able to meet indoors with anyone they do not live with for the time being. Extended households (sometimes called a ‘bubble’) are suspended for the time being.
“Pubs, restaurants and other licensed premises must stop selling alcohol at 10pm, and offer table service only. Off licenses, including supermarkets and other retail outlets, must also stop selling alcohol at 10pm.
“People who can work from home must do so. Those who cannot reasonably work from home can continue to travel to a place of work, whether that is within our outside the areas affected by local restrictions.
“Details of these rules for each local authority area can be found on the Welsh Government website."
