There has now been about 34,540 lab-confirmed cases of the virus identified from the combined counties since the outbreak of the pandemic.
In the latest figures, released on March 31, Public Health Wales revealed that 14 of the latest 60 Welsh cases came from the Northern region.
• Anglesey – 4 (5.7 per 100,000 population)
• Conwy – 2 (1.7 per 100,000 population)
• Denbighshire – 1 (1.0 per 100,000 population)
• Flintshire – 1 (0.6 per 100,000 population)
• Gwynedd – 4 (3.2 per 100,000 population)
• Wrexham – 2 (1.5 per 100,000 population)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board – the largest health board in Wales – has reported 930 people have sadly died since the start of the pandemic, according to PHW data.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics, which are considered a stronger indicator of the overall impact of the virus, and which are based on all deaths where COVID is mentioned on the death certificate, stand at 1,355 for the health board area.
Across Wales, another 60 COVID cases were confirmed in the latest figures, meaning that 209,345 people are now known to have contracted the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
There was one newly reported death, meaning the number of people to have died with confirmed cases of coronavirus remains at 5,507 in Wales.
Headline figures show that, across Wales, over 1.4m people have had their first COVID-19 jab. Of that figure, over 437,000 have completed the two-dose treatment.
PHW summary
Conwy
3,267.0 confirmed cases per 100,000 population
Cases: 3,829 confirmed
Testing episodes: 63,106 (53,843 per 100,000)
Positivity*: 6.1%
BCUHB
4,937.0 confirmed cases per 100,000 population
Cases: 34,537 confirmed
Testing episodes: 380,825 (54,438 per 100,000)
Positivity*: 9.1%