OVER 150 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Flintshire and Wrexham.

Public Health Wales figures released on Sunday (September 4) show that there have been 77 confirmed cases in each of the two counties.

Flintshire's seven-day infection rate is at 279.9, while Wrexham's stands at 311.1.

Across the North Wales region as a whole, 395 new cases were confirmed.

Sadly, the deaths of a further three people in Wales who had tested positive for coronavirus in the last 28 days have been confirmed.

As of August 29, there were 75 people being treated for coronavirus in North Wales hospitals - which makes up roughly three per cent of the region's hospitals' inpatients.