Friday, December 4 – 17
The national picture: A further 33 people in Wales have died with coronavirus, taking the total to 2,789. PHW data also showed 1,968 more people had tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total to 95,998 since the pandemic began. There were nine deaths in both the Aneurin Bevan and Swansea Bay health board areas. Six deaths were reported by the Cwm Taf health board area, five by Cardiff and Vale, and two in both Bestsi Cadwaladr and Hywel Dda. The number of Covid patients in hospital in Wales is the highest yet recorded. There were 1,936 Covid-19 patients in hospital beds on Wednesday, this was 153 more patients than the week before – according to the latest NHS Wales figures.