Welsh Government's coronavirus updates

 

Latest coronavirus updates from the Welsh Government are:

• The Welsh Government’s bespoke Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) has helped to protect more than 100,000 jobs across Wales during the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show.

• To date, the fund has delivered almost £300 million of support to more than 13,000 companies in Wales, which has been vital in helping businesses manage the challenges and economic impacts of coronavirus.
• https://gov.wales/more-100000-jobs-safeguarded-welsh-government-covid-fund

• Health Minister Vaughan Gething has made a statement about the NHS winter plan to the Senedd today https://record.assembly.wales/Plenary/6563#A60247

• Press release https://gov.wales/winter-plan-health-and-social-services-wales-published

• Education Minister Kirsty Williams has made a statement about schools re-opening in the Senedd today https://record.assembly.wales/Plenary/6563#A60245
• The latest summary report published by the Technical Advisory Cell is available at https://gov.wales/technical-advisory-cell-summary-advice-11-september-2020
• Download information about testing and contact tracing in languages from English and Welsh to Arabic and Tigrinya at https://gov.wales/test-trace-protect-multilingual-information-about-coronavirus 

Coronavirus in numbers

• The latest figures published by Public Health Wales today show there have been 110 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 19,681 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wales since the start of the pandemic.

• There have been a total of 1,597 deaths reported by Public Health Wales.
• These figures are updated daily at: https://public.tableau.com/profile/public.health.wales.health.protection#!/vizhome/RapidCOVID-19virology-Public/Headlinesummary

• The latest ONS figures show the cumulative number of deaths involving coronavirus in Welsh residents to 4 September was 2,569.

• Of the deaths registered in the week ending 4 September 2020, there were provisionally four involving coronavirus registered in Welsh residents – one more than the previous week. Most deaths occurred in hospitals.
• The excess death rate for Wales for the period 29 February to 4 September was lower than in England (14% in Wales compared with 23% in England)
• The ONS figures for deaths are different to those provided by Public Health Wales as they include all deaths registered; they also measure deaths over a different time period.
• https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest

Where to find the latest information

• Information about local restrictions in Caerphilly County Borough Council area: https://gov.wales/local-lockdown 

• Public Health Wales provides a daily update about the number of cases of coronavirus in Wales. It is available at: https://covid19-phwstatement.nhs.wales/
• Information about coronavirus is available on the Welsh Government’s website at https://gov.wales/coronavirus and https://llyw.cymru/coronafeirws
• Information about support for businesses is available at the Business Wales website https://businesswales.gov.wales/coronavirus-advice/
• If you can help the effort to produce PPE in Wales please visit https://businesswales.gov.wales/news-and-blogs/news/provision-critical-equipment-and-personal-protection-equipment-ppe
• The Welsh Government holds a regular media briefing about coronavirus. These are on-the-record, on-camera and supported by a BSL translator.

They are held at 12.30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and live-streamed on our @WelshGovernment Twitter channel.