PUBLIC Health Wales has released the latest Covid figures for local authorities and Caerphilly has the second most new cases.

Gwent has had 1,027 new cases of Covid-19 and Caerphilly has recorded 381 of those cases - only Cardiff has recorded more cases in the latest update, with 596.

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In terms of the rolling seven-day rate, every area in Gwent again has more cases per 100,000 people than the national average for Wales (651.9).

Blaenau Gwent now has the most cases per 100,000 people in Wales, with 1,046.3.

Elsewhere in Gwent, Torfaen has recorded 940.8 per 100,000, Caerphilly recorded 874.2, Newport 724.7 and Monmouthshire 694.6.

There have been 13 deaths for the second update in a row in Wales bringing the total to 6,063.

All data correct as of 9am on October 120.

Number of new cases by area:

  • Anglesey - 45
  • Blaenau Gwent - 140
  • Bridgend - 173
  • Caerphilly - 381
  • Cardiff - 596
  • Carmarthenshire - 163
  • Ceredigion - 106
  • Conwy - 92
  • Denbighshire - 126
  • Flintshire - 126
  • Gwynedd - 134
  • Merthyr Tydfil - 79
  • Monmouthshire - 144
  • Neath Port Talbot - 225
  • Newport - 247
  • Pembrokeshire - 193
  • Powys - 173
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf - 352
  • Swansea - 199
  • Torfaen - 115
  • Vale of Glamorgan - 244
  • Wrexham - 87
  • Unknown location - 12
  • Resident outside Wales – 88