PUBLIC Health Wales have announced that the daily update on coronavirus in Wales will be delayed today.

It is unknown how long the delay will take or when the stats will be released for today.

A network issue is the cause of the delay and Public Health Wales have said that the figures are compiled by the Office of National Statistics.

The figures are issued on a daily basis throughout the week, with there being a break on Saturday before recommencing on Sunday.

The most recent figures showed that Gwent had 654 new cases of Covid-19 while Wales in total had 3,400.

There was one more death in Gwent, bringing the total amount of deaths in the Aneurin Bevan Health Board area to 1,018.

5,942 people have died from Covid-19 in Wales so far according to Public Health Wales.

Caerphilly had by far the most news cases in Gwent with 295, while Blaenau Gwent had the second lowest amount in all of Wales with 57.

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