A further 21 people have died with coronavirus in Wales, according to latest figures from Public Health Wales.
The data, published on Thursday, January 20, and covering a 24-hour period up to 9am on January 19, shows 2,768 new positive cases to bring the total to 751,473.
The overall number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive in Wales has now reached 6,752.
Data published today on lateral flow tests, which is updated weekly in Wales, show that there has been another slight increase in the the number of positive tests. There were a total of 15,393 positive tests out of 383,021 tests carried out and registered.
The area with the highest incidence rate was Swansea Bay and the under 20 age group were the most likely to test positive of all the age groups using LFTs.
This data, for the week to January 16 is the first full week since the rules were changed to mean that people without symptoms who test positive on a lateral flow test no longer need a PCR test to confirm it.
The latest infection rate based on PCR tests, for the seven days up to January 15, is continuing to fall down to 500.8 cases for every 100,000 people – which is down on the 529.7 recorded on Wednesday. However these figures don't include people testing positive through LFT tests.
The highest infection rate in each Welsh local authority for the seven days between January 9 and January 15 was Newport with 629.1 cases per 100,000 followed by Neath Port Talbot with 616.8 and Carmarthenshire with 694.4.
Cardiff recorded the most positive cases over the latest 24-hour period with 322 followed by Swansea with 266, RCT with with 241, Newport with 230, Caerphilly with 174, and Carmarthenshire with 172.
Meanwhile Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend both had 138 new cases, Wrexham had 129, Vale of Glamorgan had 93, Merthyr Tydfil had 91, Pembrokeshire had 85, Gwynedd had 78, Blaenau Gwent had 77, and Flintshire had 76.
The lowest number of cases were found in Monmouthshire with 69, Denbighshire with 68, Powys with 65, Conwy with 61, Torfaen with 52, Anglesey with 37, and Ceredigion with 30.
The percentage of tests coming back positive is also falling. In the seven days to January 15 a total of 34.8% of tests across Wales gave a positive result, down from 35.3% reported on Wednesday.
The highest positivity rates were in Cardiff (39%), Swansea (38.4%), and Neath Port Talbot (38.2%).
As of January 19 there were 1,012 people in general and acute hospital beds with coronavirus (confirmed, suspected, and recovering), a drop on the 1,056 on January 18. Within that data the number of confirmed Covid patients has fallen from 643 on January 18 to 615 on January 19.
There were 25 people in ventilated intensive care beds with confirmed Covid-19 on January 19. This has now fallen back over several days from an Omicron wave peak of 39 people with confirmed Covid in ventilated intensive care beds on January 5.
A total of 2,503,547 people have received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine and 2,347,972 have been given two doses. Meanwhile 1,795,980 people have been given their booster jabs in Wales. The Welsh Government has confirmed that all eligible adults were offered one by the end of December.
Infection rate for every 100,000 people in each area for the seven days up to January 15
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Blaenau Gwent: 585.4 (down from 619.8)
Newport: 629.1 (down from 641.3)
Caerphilly: 519.1 (down from 560)
Torfaen: 483.2 (down from 510.9)
Monmouthshire: 452.5 (down from 466.2)
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Conwy: 503.4 (down from 523.9)
Anglesey: 434 (down from 481.1)
Gwynedd: 332.4 (down from 375.7)
Denbighshire: 436.8 (down from 477.6)
Flintshire: 354.3 (down from 409.4)
Wrexham: 591.4 (down from 632.6)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff: 550.6 (down from 570.7)
Vale of Glamorgan: 390 (down from 411.7)
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Merthyr Tydfil: 543.7 (up from 540.4)
Rhondda Cynon Taf: 505.7 (down from 530.5)
Bridgend: 503.2 (down from 527.7)
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Carmarthenshire: 594.4 (down from 617.1)
Pembrokeshire: 319.1 (down from 399)
Ceredigion: 319.1 (down from 331.5)
Powys Teaching Health Board
Powys: 378.3 (down from 399.4)
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Neath Port Talbot: 616.8 (down from 664.3)
Swansea: 565.2 (down from 591.9)
Wales total: 500.8 (down from 529.7 )
The latest figures for the Office for National Statistics to January 12 show that the rate Covid is spreading in Wales is clearly falling. This is based on population sampling and is not affected by changes to testing rules.
In Wales almost one in 25 people had Covid in Wales in the last week – lower than in England, Scotland, or Northern Ireland. The ONS estimated that 169,100 people in Wales, equivalent to one in 20, had Covid in the previous week.
The headlines indicate the percentage of people testing positive for Covid increased rapidly in the run-up to Christmas but slowed up during the first week of January and is now dropping dramatically.
On Saturday, January 15, Wales began returning to alert level zero measures as part of a two-week plan set out by the First Minister.
Mark Drakeford announced that the measures will be phased in which started with the number of people who can be present at an outdoor event rising from 50 to 500 on January 15.
The next phase of lifted restrictions is timetabled for January 21, where crowds will be able to return to large sporting events. This will be followed by nightclubs reopening on January 28 and the rule of six and table service in hospitality being scrapped.
Meanwhile from January 28 working from home will remain "important" and part of the Welsh Government guidance but will no longer be a legal requirement.
The Welsh Government warned that the full move to alert level zero will be dependent on the public health situation continuing to improve.
Mr Drakeford said: "We will closely monitor the public health situation – this is a fast-moving and volatile variant which could change suddenly. I urge everyone to continue to follow the rules and have your vaccines to keep Wales safe."
The three-weekly regulations review cycle is due to be re-introduced from February 10, when the Welsh Government will review all remaining measures at alert level zero.
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