{"id":53716,"date":"2021-06-25T16:17:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=53716"},"modified":"2021-06-25T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:19:06","slug":"covid-cases-creep-up-in-wales-due-to-delta-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/06\/25\/covid-cases-creep-up-in-wales-due-to-delta-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid cases creep up in Wales due to Delta variant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mark Drakeford says hospital admissions will determine the lifting of restrictions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RECENT data from Public Health Wales has shown a rise in new coronavirus cases in June and a sharp rise this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>New covid cases<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Data from Public Health Wales shows there were 833 new cases reported from June 18 to June 23 with a 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believed to be from the Delta variant which is more transmissible and more likely to lead to a hospital admission than other variants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Minister Mark Drakeford gave a briefing at 12.15pm today and said: &#8220;As many as 97% of new cases of coronavirus in North Wales are caused by the delta variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The latest figures show there are now more than 102,000 cases of the delta variant in England \u2013 and rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If we see similar growth, services will come under pressure once again in Wales.&#8221; Drakeford said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deaths <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the spike in cases there has only been 4 recorded deaths in June according to Public Health Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vaccinations <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Over half the Welsh population have received at least one dose of the vaccine with the number at 2,248,012 and about half of the 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