Covid infections fall for the fifth successive week in Wales

Covid infections in Wales are the lowest for two months, according to ONS estimates.

It has become the most important tool to measure the level of infections, with the end of mass testing at the end of March.

Broken down, daily estimates of infection in Wales are highest in people in their early 70s and lowest in young children. It has averaged 350 a day over the past week - down 5% on a week ago and a fall of 43% on a month ago. This number of "active" Covid patients on 23 August was around a third of the number in hospital the month before, according to the Digital Health and Care Wales figures.

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