Covid-19: Waiting lists now seven times pre-pandemic level

Covid-19: Waiting lists now seven times pre-pandemic level
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image captionThere are more than 40,000 more patients waiting to be diagnosed than a year ago
The number of people waiting more than nine months for hospital treatment is now nearly seven times higher than at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
More than 205,000 patients - 39% - had been waiting that long in October since receiving a hospital referral letter.
It comes as new daily figures show hospital admissions with Covid-19 are at their highest point since mid-May.
The Welsh Government said coronavirus was having a "major impact" on delivering services.
The latest monthly NHS Wales figures on treatment and performance showed the 205,047 waiting in October was the highest since current records began in 2011.

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