AS levels of the virus begin to drop across the country, how are things looking in Wrexham and Flintshire?

Public Health Wales can show exactly how our different communities compare with their mapping feature that was first added to the daily update provided by health officials in response to COVID-19 in October 2020.

It presents data broken down beyond the standard local authority areas that people could previously access and now shows how individual communities compare.

The data is gathered using Office of National Statistics figures of middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) and present the rolling number of cases in either a seven-day or 21-day window.

Darker areas indicate higher concentrations of the virus whilst lighter areas show lower transmission rates. Many areas of both Flintshire and Wrexham now enter the highest bracket for Welsh communities in the latest set of data.

Below, we took a snapshot look of the latest available seven-day period spanning from January 17 to 23.

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Here’s what we found in Flintshire:

The figures reveal that, during the latest seven-day period, the Buckley South area has been recording the most new coronavirus reports with 65 cases. It also had the highest concentration of cases at a rate of 644.2 cases per 100,000 people.

Large drops were noted in several areas showing that virus levels are starting to decline.

• Broughton and Saltney - 36 cases and rate of 299.9 cases per 100,000 people

• Buckley North, Northop and Sychdyn - 28 cases and rate of 435.7 cases per 100,000 people

• Buckley South - 65 cases and rate of 644.2 cases per 100,000 people

• Caerwys, Halkyn and Nannerch - 21 cases and rate of 258.9 cases per 100,000 people

• Connah’s Quay North - 25 cases and rate of 409.3 cases per 100,000 people

• Connah’s Quay South and Northop Hall - 25 cases and rate of 376.2 cases per 100,000 people

• Connah’s Quay Wepre - 19 cases and rate of 258.7 cases per 100,000 people

• Ewloe and Hawarden - 51 cases and rate of 469.3 cases per 100,000 people

• Flint North East - 20 cases and rate of 288.1 cases per 100,000 people

• Flint South West - 21 cases and rate of 338.1 cases per 100,000 people

• Gronant, Ffynnongroyw and Trelawnyd - 19 cases and rate of 380.8 cases per 100,000 people

• Holywell and Bagillt - 39 cases and rate of 357.0 cases per 100,000 people

• Hope - 21 cases and rate of 339.3 cases per 100,000 people

• Leeswood, Treuddyn and Gwernaffield - 20 cases and rate of 269.0 cases per 100,000 people

• Mold - 37 cases and rate of 365.5 cases per 100,000 people

• Mostyn and Holway – 16 cases and rate of 240.3 cases per 100,000 people

• New Brighton and Mynydd Isa - 21 cases and 291.5 cases per 100,000 people

• Pen-y-ffordd and Higher Kinnerton – 26 cases and rate of 423.5 cases per 100,000 people

• Queensferry and Sandycroft - 13 cases and rate of 233.6 cases per 100,000 people

• Shotton and Garden City - 54 cases and rate of 572.8 cases per 100,000 people

Here’s what we found in Wrexham:

Over the border in Wrexham, the Hermitage and Whitegate area has the highest number of new cases in the data recording 72. It also has the highest rate at 822.5 cases per 100,000 people presently.

Numbers do appear to be dropping in Wrexham, figures show, with every community lowering their numbers in some way.

In total, there were eight areas of Wrexham that crossed the 1,000 cases per 100,000 threshold. The latest weekly figures show that this has now reduced to zero areas over the 1,000 mark

• Acton and Maes-y-dre - 32 cases and rate of 632.9 cases per 100,000 people

• Bangor-on-Dee, Penley and Overton - 10 cases and rate of 150.4 cases per 100,000 people

• Borras and Rhosnesni - 14 cases and rate of 289.2 cases per 100,000 people

• Caia Park - 52 cases and rate of 728.2 cases per 100,000 people

• Cefn Mawr - 42 cases and rate of 457.6 cases per 100,000 people

• Chirk and Ceiriog Valley - 53 cases and rate of 817.6 cases per 100,000 people

• Coedpoeth and Brymbo - 36 cases and rate of 394.5 cases per 100,000 people

• Gresford, Marford and Rossett - 55 cases and rate of 384.8 cases per 100,000 people

• Gwersyllt West and Summerhill - 35 cases and rate of 590.7 cases per 100,000 people

• Hermitage and Whitegate - 72 cases and rate of 822.5 cases per 100,000 people

• Johnstown North and Rhostyllen - 36 cases and rate of 587.0 cases per 100,000 people

• Llay South and Gwersyllt East - 35 cases and rate of 436.1 cases per 100,000 people

• New Broughton and Bryn Cefn - 37 cases and rate of 476.9 cases per 100,000 people

• Pen-y-cae and Minera – 24 cases and rate of 419.1 cases per 100,000 people

• Rhosllannerchrugog and Johnstown South - 19 cases and rate of 270.3 cases per 100,000 people

• Ruabon and Marchwiel - 14 cases and rate of 211.3 cases per 100,000 people

• Town North, University and Rhos-ddu - 44 cases and rate of 495.4 cases per 100,000 people

• Wrexham West – 39 cases and rate of 468.0 cases per 100,000