OPPOSITION MPs have condemned Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings’ “unapologetic” attempts to explain why he drove hundreds of miles to stay with family in Durham during the coronavirus lockdown.
• UK death toll rises by 384 to 33,998. • First minister unveils 'traffic light' plan to ease lockdown in Wales. • 10,024 currently in UK hospitals with Covid-19. • Six new cases and one more death in Gwent's ABUHB area.
• Two more people have died with the coronavirus in Gwent, taking the region's death toll to 256. • There are eleven new cases of Covid-19 in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area. • The UK's death toll has risen by 428 to 33,614 people. • Wales has the highest proportion of businesses applying for the UK government’s furlough scheme, said economy minister Ken Skates.
• UK death toll rises to 33,186 with 494 new deaths reported today. • Two more deaths in the Aneurin Bevan Health Board region, taking the total to 254. • Health Minister Vaughan Gething says lockdown restrictions will not be lifted at different times in different Welsh regions.
First Minister reaffirms "advice in Wales has not changed." Lockdown in Wales continues for three more weeks, but slight changes come in to force today. People are able to exercise more than once a day - but must do so locally, with the exercise not involving any significant travel. Garden centres are able to reopen if social-distancing rules can be followed. Local authorities can also start planning how to safely reopen libraries and municipal recycling centres.
Welsh Government adjust lockdown regulations to clamp down on people second home use. New regulations change the requirement for people not to leave the place where they live. Changes also include allowing people with health conditions or disabilities to leave home to exercise more than once a day.
• Public Health Wales reported 234 new cases, with 23 new cases in Gwent. • NHS Wales chief executive Dr Andrew Goodall said Wales was showing "encouraging signs" with the number of cases stabilising over the past two weeks. • Around 1,900 coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals, said Dr Goodall. • 616 more deaths in the UK.
There are 274 new cases of covid-19 in Wales, which is a decrease on yesterday's figure of 304. 24 of these latest cases are in Gwent - the third lowest rise in cases over the last 24-hour period. Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales Ken Skates says a recession is "unavoidable" after the coronavirus pandemic.
Public Health Wales report 45 new cases in Gwent on Sunday, with the total number of confirmed cases in Wales now at 7,270. 41 more deaths have been confirmed in Wales in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 575. First Minister Mark Drakeford has admitted that the operation to test care workers and others across the country has not gone to plan, and has announced a review into this.
Welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus outbreak, as the UK moves into the second day of a nationwide lockdown.
