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.
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