CORONAVIRUS cases in Penarth have gone down significantly in recent days, according to data from Public Health Wales. In the seven days up to February 12, Penarth recorded 16 cases. It came down from 36 the previous week, which made Penarth the second-most prevalent Covid area in Wales for that week. With 16 new cases in the week up to February 12, Penarth recorded the second-highest number in the Vale for that period, behind Barry Island with 19. Overall cases are coming down week-by-week since the turn of the year. In the week to February 12 the Vale recorded 109 cases at a rolling rate of 81.6 (the average in Wales currently is 85.6) - compared to 136 the previous week and 150 the week before that.
PENARTH saw the highest rise in cases in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board region and the second highest figure in Wales in recent days. In the seven days up to February 5 Penarth recorded 36 new cases – up from 12 on the previous week and by far the highest number in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. If not for 42 cases in Holywell and Bagillt in the north of the country, Penarth would have recorded the highest number of Covid cases in Wales for that week. It came as Vale police officers pleaded with people not to travel to the seafront for the third week in succession.
UPPER Penarth recorded the most coronavirus cases in the Vale of Glamorgan in recent days, according to data published by Public Health Wales. In the week up to December 13, when the Vale recorded its highest number of cases since the start of the pandemic with 640, Upper Penarth recorded 61 new cases at a rolling weekly case rate of 573.3. Dinas Powys was not far behind with 52 new cases, at a rate of 645.9. The Wales national average for weekly case rates during the same week was 562.2. In the week up to December 7 Upper Penarth had 33 new cases, and Dinas Powys had 22. It means in the 21 days up to December 13, Upper Penarth recorded the second highest number of cases in the Vale, with 105.