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Thirteen new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Caerphilly County Borough, the latest figures from Public Health Wales (PHW) show.
The latest headline figure was released by Public Health Wales (PHW) on Monday (September 28). The figure shows how many new cases PHW was made aware of on Sunday (September 27).
Welsh Government’s Health Minister Vaughan Gething recently praised Caerphilly residents for following the local lockdown restrictions that have been imposed on the borough since September 8.
Speaking at a Welsh Government press briefing last week, Mr Gething said: “We have seen a dip in cases in Caerphilly. That’s important because it does show what we said at the outset – that it would take about two weeks for the restrictions to start to have an effect.”
Meanwhile, the latest figures show 286 new cases reported across Wales – with no deaths.
Caerphilly was the first local authority area in Wales to be placed under a local lockdown. Since then, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil County, Newport, Bridgend County, Cardiff, Swansea, Llanelli, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan and Neath Port Talbot have all been placed under local lockdowns.
In the last seven days, 91 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Caerphilly County Borough. In that same time period, seven other council areas in Wales have recorded more cases.
The figures also show the week up to September 27 saw 70 new coronavirus cases recorded in Caerphilly County Borough.
The previous week (September 14 to 20) saw 122 new cases. The week before (September 7 to 13) saw 216 new cases.
What does ‘headline figure’ mean?
In recent weeks, Caerphilly Observer and other media have been reporting the headline figures from Public Health Wales.
For example, the headline figure released on Monday, September 28, saw 13 new positive tests reported.
This figure however is not entirely as it seems at first glance. It is the number of new cases PHW were aware of as of September 27 – the day before.
Even then, this figure is still not what you think it ought to be as it includes positive tests that may have occurred a few days prior, but that PHW were only made aware of on September 27.
The headline figure for Caerphilly County Borough for September 27 (which was published on September 28) is 13 new cases.
The latest spreadsheet containing the detailed data, which can be downloaded from the PHW stats website, actually shows no new cases for September 27.
This is because the 13 cases were actually tested for a few days prior, but PHW only became aware of them on September 27. We will have a far more accurate reflection of what has been going on in the last few days over the course of the next week.
However, the figures do show the week up to September 27 saw 70 new coronavirus cases recorded in Caerphilly County Borough.
The previous week (September 14 to 20) saw 122 new cases. The week before (September 7 to 13) saw 216 new cases.
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