Figures show Wales' worst week for coronavirus deaths
Wales saw its worst seven days for coronavirus deaths as as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) report 413 people lost their lives in the week ending April 24.
However this figure is only slightly higher than the previous record of 409 deaths, which were recorded in the week ending on April 17.
Out of those 413 deaths, more than half took place in hospitals whilst 125 were in care homes.
462 people in total died in Welsh hospitals between April 18 and April 24 , meaning coronavirus was the cause of more than half of those at 260 deaths.
When comparing this to deaths in care homes, in total 323 people lost their lives so almost 40 per cent were coronavirus-related.
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The total number of Welsh coronavirus deaths between December 28 and April 24 is 1,285 according to the ONS.
This is higher than Public Health Wales' total of 751 because the ONS include all mentions of Covid-19 on a death certificate (including suspected cases of the virus) and deaths in the community.
There's been concern that some coronavirus deaths are missed when the disease isn't noted on the death certificate. For example, in the week ending April 17, there were over 500 more deaths in Wales than is normal for the time of year but only 409 where coronavirus was given as a cause.
Another possible explanation is that lockdown has made it harder to get treatment for other conditions. By the week ending April 24, there were about 50 so-called "excess deaths" not explained by coronavirus. That raises the possibility that as doctors get better at identifying coronavirus as a cause of death, the additional loss of life from other causes is becoming clearer.
Number of coronavirus deaths in Wales from December 28 2019 to April 24 2020:
884 in hospitals
310 in care homes
70 in private homes
8 in hospices
12 in other communal establishments, and
2 elsewhere
Last week, Welsh Government announced they would now test all staff and residents in care homes where there's been a case of Covid-19, a u-turn on their previous policy.
5,890 people have died in care homes across England and Wales up until April 24 due to coronavirus.
There is currently an 11-day time lag for the ONS data on the number of people who have died in care homes and their own homes after contracting coronavirus.
The UK now has the highest coronavirus death toll in Europe, according to official statistics.
A total of 32,375 deaths involving Covid-19 have now been registered across the UK - outstripping the death toll in Italy of 29,079.
The UK total is made up of figures from the ONS on deaths registered up to May 2, the National Records of Scotland on deaths registered up to April 26 and from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency on deaths up to April 29.