10 areas of Cardiff have some of the worst Wales Covid case rates

While MSOA (middle layer super output areas) data released by Public Health Wales shows that ten areas of the capital have some of the highest rates in the country.

The highest Covid case rate in Cardiff is in St Mellons West.

Almost 100 new Covid cases were recorded in the area (98) between October 12 and October 18, giving it a Covid case rate of 1,508.2.

Data suggests that people under 60 who have not received the Coronavirus vaccine are three times as likely to be hospitalised as vaccinated people in the same group.

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It is one of 15 parts of the city that have seen more than one per cent of people test positive for the virus in the last seven days.

And St Mellons West is also one of the ten areas with the worst case rates in the country.

Other areas on that list are Llanishen, Pentwyn, Llanrumney North, Pwll-Mawr and St Mellons East, Trowbridge, Llanderyn, Heath, Caerau West and Rumney.

Covid case rates in Cardiff

This is the coronavirus rate and number of new cases for every area across Cardiff:

• Creigiau, Pentyrch & St Fagans: 81 new cases; a rate of 1,123.0 cases per 100,000 people.
• Radyr, Morganstown & Gwaelod-y-garth: 61 new cases; a rate of 749.9 cases per 100,000 people.
• Tongwynlais & Coryton: 42 new cases; a rate of 596.6 cases per 100,000 people.
• Rhiwbina & Pant-mawr: 62 new cases; a rate of 941.7 cases per 100,000 people.
• Rhiwbina Village: 77 new cases; a rate of 1,032.3 cases per 100,000 people.
• Lisvane: 53 new cases; a rate of 912.5 cases per 100,000 people.
• Thornhill: 56 new cases; a rate of 966.0 cases per 100,000 people.
• Llanishen: 115 new cases; a rate of 1,196.4 cases per 100,000 people.
• Cyncoed North: 56 new cases; a rate of 944.4 cases per 100,000 people.
• Pontprennau: 85 new cases; a rate of 972.9 cases per 100,000 people.
• Pentwyn: 90 new cases; a rate of 1,226.3 cases per 100,000 people.
• Llanrumney North: 83 new cases; a rate of 1,200.1 cases per 100,000 people.
• Llanrumney South: 73 new cases; a rate of 1,108.1 cases per 100,000 people.
• Pwll-mawr & St Mellons East: 99 new cases; a rate of 1,332.3 cases per 100,000 people.
• St Mellons West: 98 new cases; a rate of 1,508.2 cases per 100,000 people.
• Trowbridge: 73 new cases; a rate of 1,175.5 cases per 100,000 people.
• Llanderyn: 102 new cases; a rate of 1,404.4 cases per 100,000 people.
• Cyncoed South & Roath Park: 59 new cases; a rate of 771.5 cases per 100,000 people.
• Heath: 67 new cases; a rate of 1,168.7 cases per 100,000 people.
• Birchgrove: 52 new cases; a rate of 847.5 cases per 100,000 people.
• Whitchurch: 78 new cases; a rate of 982.2 cases per 100,000 people.
• Llandaf & Danescourt: 81 new cases; a rate of 912.7 cases per 100,000 people.
• Fairwater North: 38 new cases; a rate of 572.6 cases per 100,000 people.
• Fairwater South: 40 new cases; a rate of 621.3 cases per 100,000 people.
• Ely East: 77 new cases; a rate of 991.0 cases per 100,000 people.
• Ely West: 72 new cases; a rate of 1,170.0 cases per 100,000 people.
• Caerau West: 70 new cases; a rate of 1,036.9 cases per 100,000 people.
• Caerau East: 69 new cases; a rate of 1,003.5 cases per 100,000 people.
• Victoria Park: 51 new cases; a rate of 846.3 cases per 100,000 people.
• Canton: 60 new cases; a rate of 651.9 cases per 100,000 people.
• Llandaf North: 84 new cases; a rate of 966.9 cases per 100,000 people.
• Pontcanna: 51 new cases; a rate of 765.2 cases per 100,000 people.
• Gabalfa: 48 new cases; a rate of 488.4 cases per 100,000 people.
• South Riverside: 57 new cases; a rate of 767.0 cases per 100,000 people.
• Cathays North: 24 new cases; a rate of 254.5 cases per 100,000 people.
• Cathays South & Bute Park: 19 new cases; a rate of 150.0 cases per 100,000 people.
• Pen-y-lan North: 47 new cases; a rate of 726.4 cases per 100,000 people.
• Roath: 34 new cases; a rate of 439.8 cases per 100,000 people.
• Plasnewydd: 37 new cases; a rate of 358.9 cases per 100,000 people.
• Adamsdown: 75 new cases; a rate of 621.2 cases per 100,000 people.
• Pen-y-lan South: 48 new cases; a rate of 679.7 cases per 100,000 people.
• Rumney: 69 new cases; a rate of 1,171.9 cases per 100,000 people.
• Tremorfa & Pengam: 55 new cases; a rate of 734.1 cases per 100,000 people.
• Splott: 51 new cases; a rate of 827.3 cases per 100,000 people.
• Cardiff Bay: 37 new cases; a rate of 386.3 cases per 100,000 people.
• Butetown: 42 new cases; a rate of 388.6 cases per 100,000 people.
• Grangetown North: 63 new cases; a rate of 702.8 cases per 100,000 people.
• Grangetown South: 45 new cases; a rate of 651.4 cases per 100,000 people.