Police have said a 51-year-old woman found unconscious in Blackwood during the early hours of Monday is still in a critical condition.
The woman, from the Blackwood area, was found by a member of the public behind a row of shops on Blackwood High Street at 4.30am.
A spokeswoman for Gwent Police said the woman was not a victim of crime and had been reported missing on Sunday night.
She said the woman was still at Newport’s Royal Gwent Hospital in a critical condition after being admitted on Monday.
After the woman was found, a police cordon was placed around the area where the woman was found.
Two lanes leading from High Street between New Look and Y Coed Duon pub, and the Card Factory and Phones4U – were blocked off.
Land behind the shops, between the Card Factory and New Look, was also sealed off as officers investigated.