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Daily coronavirus statistics for Caerphilly County Borough

News | Rhys Williams | Published: 16:52, Wednesday October 14th, 2020.
Last updated: 15:42, Thursday April 15th, 2021

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A social distancing sign near the bandstand in Caerphilly town centre
A social distancing sign near the bandstand in Caerphilly town centre

The latest headline figure released by Public Health Wales (PHW) shows no new cases of coronavirus in Caerphilly County Borough.

The headline figure, which was released on Thursday, April 15, shows how many new coronavirus cases PHW was made aware of on Wednesday, April 14.

The latest figures show 105 new confirmed cases across Wales – with two deaths.

However, many of these new cases were actually tested for in previous days.

The figures were published with a disclaimer, which reads: “Due to a lag in receiving data, cases sampled in recent days will not be fully reflected in these data, so the incidence is likely to be an underestimate.”

The headline figure is the number of new cases PHW has been made aware of – not the number of cases recorded on a particular day.

Between April 4 and April 10, 1,545 tests were carried out in Caerphilly County Borough. Of these tests, 1.2% came back positive.

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Number of cases recorded in Caerphilly County Borough in recent weeks

March 29 – April 4 – 19 new cases (1,606 tests – 1.2% positive)

March 22-28 – 47 new cases (2,519 tests – 1.9% positive)

March 15-21 – 81 new cases (2,491 tests – 3.3% positive)

March 8-14 – 86 new cases (2,135 tests – 4% positive)

March 1-7 – 93 new cases (1,729 tests – 5.4% positive)

February 22-28 – 139 new cases (1,798 tests – 7.7% positive)

February 15-21 – 163 new cases (2,021 tests – 8.1% positive)

February 8-14 – 151 new cases (1,703 tests – 8.9% positive)

February 1-7 – 169 new cases (2,037 tests – 8.3% positive)

January 25-31 – 260 new cases (2,234 tests – 11.6% positive)

January 18-24 – 300 new cases (2,398 tests – 12.5% positive)

January 11-17 – 443 new cases (2,947 tests – 15% positive)

January 4-10 – 630 new cases (3,519 tests – 17.9% positive)

December 28 – January 3 – 880 new cases (3,514 tests – 25% positive)

December 21-27 – 927 new cases (3,641 tests – 25.5% positive)

December 14-20 – 1,426 new cases (5,646 tests – 25.3% positive)

December 7-13 – 1,434 new cases (5,294 tests – 27.1% positive)

November 30 – December 6 – 913 new cases (4,689 tests – 19.5% positive)

November 23-29 – 539 new cases (3,697 tests – 14.6% positive)

November 16-22 – 492 new cases (3,138 tests – 15.7% positive)

November 9-15 – 460 new cases (2,409 tests – 19.1% positive)

November 2-8 – 504 new cases (2,523 tests – 20% positive)

October 26 – November 1 – 631 new cases (from 2,834 tests – 22.3% positive)

October 19-25 – 502 new cases (from 2,840 tests – 17.7% positive)

October 12-18 – 313 new cases (from 2,235 tests – 14% positive)

October 5-11 – 233 new cases (from 2,413 tests – 9.7% positive)

September 28 – October 4 – 120 new cases (from 2,326 tests – 5.2% positive)

September 21-27 – 98 new cases (from 2,400 tests – 4.1% positive)

September 14-20 – 122 new cases (from 3,408 tests – 3.6% positive)

September 7-13 – 216 new cases (from 6,317 tests – 3.4% positive)

How does the percentage of positive tests compare with other parts of Wales?

The percentage of positive test results in each local authority area, based on a seven-day rolling average from April 4 to April 10, are as follows:

Cardiff – 3.4% (116 positive cases out of 3,434 tests)

Gwynedd – 3.4% (36 positive cases out of 1,057 tests)

Anglesey – 3.3% (20 positive cases out of 603 tests)

Swansea – 3.1% (69 positive cases out of 2,212 tests)

Flintshire – 2.5% (27 positive cases out of 1,091 tests)

Rhondda Cynon Taf – 2.1% (46 positive cases out of 2,152 tests)

Powys – 2.1% (19 positive cases out of 909 tests)

Wales – 1.9% (548 positive cases out of 28,645 tests)

Newport – 1.6% (28 positive cases out of 1,749 tests)

Blaenau Gwent – 1.6% (13 positive cases out of 800 tests)

Wrexham – 1.5% (18 positive cases out of 1,215 tests)

Vale of Glamorgan – 1.4% (18 positive cases out of 1,250 tests)

Conwy – 1.4% (15 positive cases out of 1,037 tests)

Neath Port Talbot – 1.3% (18 positive cases out of 1,386 tests)

Bridgend – 1.3% (16 positive cases out of 1,265 tests)

Merthyr Tydfil – 1.3% (8 positive cases out of 613 tests)

CAERPHILLY – 1.2% (19 positive cases out of 1,545 tests)

Pembrokeshire – 1.2% (13 positive cases out of 1,117 tests)

Carmarthenshire – 1.1% (20 positive cases out of 1,758 tests)

Torfaen – 1% (8 positive cases out of 840 tests)

Denbighshire – 0.7% (6 positive cases out of 879 tests)

Ceredigion – 0.6% (3 positive cases out of 510 tests)

Monmouthshire – 0.1% (1 positive cases out of 805 tests)

How does the incidence rate compare with other areas in Wales?

The number of cases per 100,000 people in each local authority area, based on a seven-day rolling average from April 4 to April 10, are as follows:

Cardiff – 31.6

Gwynedd – 28.9

Anglesey – 28.6

Swansea – 27.9

Rhondda Cynon Taf – 19.1

Blaenau Gwent – 18.6

Newport – 18.1

Flintshire – 17.3

Powys – 14.3

Vale of Glamorgan – 13.5

Merthyr Tydfil – 13.3

Wrexham – 13.2

Conwy – 12.8

Neath Port Talbot – 12.6

Bridgend – 10.9

Carmarthenshire – 10.6

CAERPHILLY – 10.5

Pembrokeshire – 10.3

Torfaen – 8.5

Denbighshire – 6.3

Ceredigion – 4.1

Monmouthshire – 1.1

What does ‘headline figure’ mean?

In recent months, Caerphilly Observer and other media have been reporting the headline figures from Public Health Wales.

For example, the headline figure released on Thursday, April 15 saw no new cases of coronavirus in Caerphilly County Borough.

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 April 14 – 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 April 14.

The headline figure for Caerphilly County Borough for April 14 (which was published on April 15) is no new cases.


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