THERE has been one newly reported death relating to Covid-19 in the Gwent area according to Public Health Wales’ latest statistics.

This puts the total for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board region to 970 – the second highest number of deaths for a health board in Wales behind Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board on 1,528.

There were two other recorded deaths in Wales, both of these in the Swansea Bay University Health Board area. It brings the total deaths in Wales to 5,626 according to Public Health Wales’ figures, however these do not include deaths in the community or where there was not a confirmed laboratory test result and the Office for National Statistics who do include these, will have a higher figure.

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There were 864 reported cases of Covid, with 125 in the Gwent region. 37 of these were in Caerphilly, with 36 in Newport, 25 in Torfaen, 17 in Monmouthshire and 10 in Blaenau Gwent. Blaenau Gwent recorded the second lowest number of new cases in Wales.

Here are all the new cases:

Cardiff – 79

Bridgend – 65

Conwy – 62

Swansea – 61

Flintshire – 53

Denbighshire – 51

Rhondda Cynon Taf – 41

Wrexham – 41

Caerphilly – 37

Carmarthenshire – 36

Newport – 36

Neath Port Talbot – 35

Gwynedd – 28

Powys – 28

Vale of Glamorgan – 28

Torfaen – 25

Monmouthshire – 17

Merthyr Tydfil – 16

Pembrokeshire – 15

Anglesey – 11

Blaenau Gwent – 10

Ceredigion – 6

Unknown location – 14

Resident outside Wales - 69