MORE than 2,500 new Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Wales.

Public Health Wales figures released on Wednesday (October 27) report that 2,582 new cases were recorded in the latest 24-hour period.

Of the new cases reported, 318 were in North Wales.

Wrexham had the most new cases of the virus - 71.

The new cases of covid in North Wales can be broken down to:

  • Wrexham 71
  • Denbighshire 65
  • Flintshire 60
  • Gwynedd 50
  • Anglesey 36
  • Conwy 36

Sadly, a further five people have died in Wales in the latest 24-hour period having tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 28 days.

6,122 people in Wales have died after a positive test since the start of the pandemic.

2,241,637 people have now had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine.

375,765 people have now received a third booster jab.

The seven-day rolling infection rate in Wales as a whole is now 699.7 cases per 100,000 people. In North Wales, none of the areas have a rate above the national average.