THERE have been more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus recorded in Wales today.

The latest data from Public Health Wales reports that 1,106 new cases were recorded in the nation as a whole on August 2.

Of these, 337 newly reported cases were in the Betsi Cadwalader University Health Board region here in North Wales.

The highest number of cases was 72 in Wrexham.

There were 70 in Denbighshire, 69 in Conwy, and 59 in Flintshire.

The figures can be broken down by county as such:

  • Wrexham - 72
  • Denbighshire - 70
  • Conwy - 69
  • Flintshire - 59
  • Gwynedd - 43
  • Anglesey - 24

The seven-day rolling rate of infection in Wales is now 32.6 cases per 100,000 members of the population.

In North Wales, the rate of infection is above the national average in all areas.

The infection rates by local authority are:

  • Denbighshire - 73.1 per 100k
  • Conway - 58.9
  • Wrexham - 53.0
  • Flintshire - 37.8
  • Gwynedd - 34.5
  • Anglesey - 34.3

Sadly, one person died in Wales after testing positive for coronavirus. In Wales, 5,616 people have died covid-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.

More than 2m people in Wales are now full vaccinated.

MORE than 80 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Flintshire and Wrexham.

Public Health Wales figures released on Sunday (August 1) show that of the 83 new cases in the two counties, 41 were in Flintshire and 42 in Wrexham.

Wrexham and Flintshire's seven-day infection rates both remain some of the highest in Wales (234.6 and 226.1 respectively) but are falling.

Across the North Wales region as a whole, 220 new cases of the virus have been confirmed.

Sadly, a further five people who had tested positive for coronaviru in the last 28 days have died in the latest 24-hour period.

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Over two million people in Wales have now had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

Hospital admission and inpatient rates in North Wales have crept up in recent weeks, but remain very low in comparison to the first and second waves of the virus.

In North Wales, two per cent (56) of its hospitals' inpatients are coronavirus patients.