Figures reveal the number of people discharged from hospital after battling coronavirus

More 3,000 people diagnosed in Wales have left hospital after being diagnosed with the virus.

It comes as the chief executive of the NHS in Wales revealed the number of people with Covid-19 being treated in the health service is continuing to fall, with a "stabilisation" of new confirmed cases.

Andrew Goodall said around one in nine tests being carried out every day in Wales turn out to be positive.

"More than 3,100 people have been discharged from hospital", Dr Goodall said.

He added "most" people who have had coronavirus will have not needed hospital treatment and will have recovered at home.

The proportion of people with coronavirus in hospital is around 29%.

Recent figures show there are almost 12,000 confirmed cases in Wales, although the true number is thought to be much higher as not everyone with symptoms is being tested.

Yesterday, the Welsh Government outlined its plans to increase its testing capacity to 20,000 as part of its new 'track and trace' strategy.

Wales has extended its lockdown period for a further three weeks

Wales' First Minister announced there would be a three-week extension to lockdown restrictions in the country to control the spread of the virus.

Minor changes such as unlimited exercise and the re-opening of garden centres and some recycling centres have come into force, but Mark Drakeford said the "stay at home" message remains.

The rate of transmission, known as 'R', which is defined as the average number of people an infected person can expect to pass the virus on to, is now thought to be between 0.7 and 0.9 - after being at more than two before the lockdown restrictions were imposed. Mr Drakeford said, "If we lift the measures too quickly, the R rate will increase."

He said the Welsh Government would watch the level "like a hawk" and reimpose any restrictions if it began to rise to previous levels.

Social distancing, at the very least, is thought to be in all UK governments' plans for the remainder of this year.

Mr Drakeford said, "Coronavirus is with us not just for May, June or July.

"It will be with us for many months to come. We will have to be planning for those three months but we have to plan way beyond that to find the best way through this."

Areas with highest number of coronavirus cases in the UK Credit: PA

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