WREXHAM remains the worst in Wales for its rate of coronavirus. The latest update from Wrexham Council on January 18 confirmed that Wrexham is still the highest in Wales for the rate per 100,000 population (792.2) and positivity (28.9% today) and second for new cases. However, the rate is lower than reported on January 14 (867.9) and positivity about the same (28.8%). Lawrence Isted, the council s Chief Officer Planning and Regulatory, said the key driver for the spread of the virus is the ‘UK’ variant, which now accounts for most, if not all, ofnew cases in North Wales. Hospital admissions for Covid-19 in North Wales were 147 for the week up to January 10, which are the highest they have ever been during the pandemic.
weekly data for Wrexham as a whole compared to other councils in North Wales
Table 2 – the summary of daily data for the 18 ‘MSOA’ statistical sub-areas of Wrexham used by Public Health Wales
The County Borough as a Whole (Table 1) (
NB – the data for week ending 10
th January are tentative and will not be finalised until next week).
Wrexham remains worst in Wales for the rate per 100,000 population (
867.9 today) and positivity (
28.8% today), but this is similar to that reported on Friday (851.7 and 29.3%) and slightly better than a few days ago. We can only hope that the virus has peaked, be redouble our efforts to ensure that it does not rise again. There have never been more tests undertaken in North Wales than in the week ending 10
THE key message to people in Wrexham today is everyone should act as if they, and everyone they meet, has Covid-19… but that the vaccine is on its way . That is the advice from Wrexham Council as the county still has the highest levels of coronavirus in Wales. Wrexham remains worst in Wales for the rate per 100,000 population (867.9 on January 15) and positivity (28.8%), but this is similar to that reported on Monday (851.7 and 29.3%) and slightly better than a few days ago. Act as if you and everyone you meet has covid message as Wrexham has highest rates in Wales - but the vaccine is on the way