Covid deaths increased in Wales but are still well below levels in the second wave, figures show.
Deaths elsewhere included three hospital deaths in Cardiff and Vale.So-called excess deaths, which compare all registered deaths with previous years, were above average for a third week. They had been below average for 17 of the past 23 weeks. There were 62 deaths above the five-year average in the latest week.
Deaths were also above average in all UK nations for the week, while deaths involving Covid had risen in eight out of the nine English regions, with 51 more Covid deaths in south-east England.When looking across the course of the pandemic so far, there have been 51,962 deaths from all causes in Wales, with 7,964 mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate up to 6 August. When deaths occurring but registered later are counted, the total rises to 7,973.
Care Inspectorate Wales said in the latest two weeks, up to 11 August, it had been notified of four deaths of care home residents relating to suspected or confirmed Covid. There were nine admissions - four in Cardiff and Vale - with Covid admissions now making up 1.3% of all hospital admissionsPublic Health Wales said there was a "significant reduction" down to 100 weekly Covid admissions, compared to four times that number in November.
But health officials are keen to stress that the current picture in Wales should not be used to evaluate vaccine efficacy - although scientific studies point to high levels of protection against serious illness leading to hospitalisation.
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