IN total, the North Wales region saw almost just 15 new cases of coronavirus confirmed by health officials on Wednesday.

There have now been almost 34,540 lab-confirmed cases of the virus identified from the combined counties since the outbreak of the pandemic - after more incidents were confirmed by Public Health Wales (PHW) in the latest figures released on March 31.

PHW confirmed that 14 of the latest 60 Welsh cases came from the northern region.

They can be broken down as such:

• Anglesey – 4 (5.7 per 100,000 population)

• Conwy – 2 (1.7 per 100,000 population)

• Denbighshire – 1 (1.0 per 100,000 population)

• Flintshire – 1 (0.6 per 100,000 population)

• Gwynedd – 4 (3.2 per 100,000 population)

• Wrexham – 2 (1.5 per 100,000 population)

BCUHB stats:

• Total confirmed COVID-19 cases from North Wales as of March 31 – 34,361

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board – the largest health board in Wales – has reported 930 people have sadly died since the start of the pandemic, according to PHW data.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics, which are considered a stronger indicator of the overall impact of the virus, and which are based on all deaths where COVID is mentioned on the death certificate, stand at 1,355 for the health board area.

The national picture:

Across Wales, another 60 COVID cases were confirmed in the latest figures, meaning that 209,345 people are now known to have contracted the coronavirus since the pandemic began.

There was one newly reported death, meaning the number of people to have died with confirmed cases of coronavirus remains at 5,507 in Wales.

Headline figures show that, across Wales, over 1.4m people have had their first COVID-19 jab. Of that figure, over 437,000 have completed the two-dose treatment.

This is what Public Health Wales has to say:

Dr Robin Howe, incident director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, spoke ahead of the next Welsh Government lockdown review due on April 1.

He said: “Last week Welsh Government announced the lifting of the ‘stay local’ requirement from Saturday 27 March, and that self-contained holiday accommodation can open for those who live in Wales. People should stay within the borders of Wales unless for essential travel such as work or education.

“In addition, six people from two households are able to meet outdoors, organised outdoors activities for children under 18 can resume, and libraries can re-open.

“This slight easing of Covid lockdown rules is encouraging, however while the number of cases is declining overall, there are still several areas which have significantly higher rates.

“This is a stark reminder of the need for everyone to maintain constant vigilance, by practicing hand hygiene, keeping 2m apart from people that you don’t live with, and wearing a mask in indoor environments.

“It is clear that Coronavirus has not gone away, and there are still a large number of people who have not been vaccinated.

“In order to protect everyone, including the most vulnerable, we must all stick to the rules.

“Welsh Government restrictions state that you should not go into any other household or mix indoors with other people who you don’t live with.”