TWO Wrexham councillors are calling for mass testing after parts of the town have become some of the worst infected areas in Wales. Councillors Gwenfair Jones (of Gwersyllt West) and Phil Rees (of Gwersyllt North) have called on Wrexham Council to introduce mass testing in Gwersyllt following publication of figures that show that the 7-day rate for the area is over 1,200 cases per 100,000 - one of the highest in Wales. Prior to the Christmas break, Wrexham Council issued an update to its local representatives which disclosed these numbers that caused concern. The latest update from Public Health Wales’ community level data shows that figures have increased slightly since then.
Updated: Mon 28th Dec
Call for council Covid-19 updates to be made public – as ‘Gwersyllt West & Summerhill’ and ‘West Wrexham’ ‘in worst centile in Wales’
This article is old - Published: Monday, Dec 28th, 2020
A councillor has asked for the regular Covid-19 updates provided to all 52 councillors on Wrexham Council to be made public.
Wrexham.com has published excerpts of the ongoing reports, sourced from a range of councillors over the months, with some councillors also sharing the data direct in public to their communities.
Although the reports are not marked private and have been shared without issue, they are not proactively published on the council’s social media channels or website, nor do many councillors circulate the data.
AS we enter reach Christmas, Public Health Wales show exactly where coronavirus has been circulating within Flintshire and Wrexham communities. The new mapping feature was first added to the daily update provided by health officials in response to COVID-19 in October. It presents data broken down beyond the standard local authority areas that people could previously access and now shows how individual communities compare. The data is gathered using Office of National Statistics figures of middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) and present the rolling number of cases in either a seven-day or 21-day window. Darker areas indicate higher concentrations of the virus whilst lighter areas show lower transmission rates. The map details state that case numbers are suppressed for any MSOA where there were fewer than three identified cases.
AS Christmas approaches, Public Health Wales show exactly where coronavirus has been circulating within Flintshire and Wrexham communities. The new mapping feature was first added to the daily update provided by health officials in response to COVID-19 in October. It presents data broken down beyond the standard local authority areas that people could previously access and now shows how individual communities compare. The data is gathered using Office of National Statistics figures of middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) and present the rolling number of cases in either a seven-day or 21-day window. Darker areas indicate higher concentrations of the virus whilst lighter areas show lower transmission rates. The map details state that case numbers are suppressed for any MSOA where there were fewer than three identified cases.