SEVENTEEN more people have died with the coronavirus in Wales, taking the country's death toll to 925.
One more person from the Gwent area has died after contracting the disease, with the area's death toll now 229.
Public Health Wales (PHW) have reported 160 new cases of covid-19, a slight drop on yesterday's total of 183.
It now means there have been 9,972 cumulative cases across Wales - though the true number is likely to be higher.
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In Gwent, the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board reported 28 new cases - a slight rise on yesterday's total of 22.
In total, there have been 2,109 cases of the disease across the health board area, which covers Newport, Torfaen, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire.
There are nine new cases in Caerphilly and eight in Monmouthshire.
Six new cases of the disease have been reported in Newport, while there are three new cases in Blaenau Gwent and two in Torfaen.
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