Over 30 Covid-19 related deaths have been recorded in Wales today.

Daily figures released this lunchtime by Public Health Wales show that 33 new deaths have been recorded, taking the total in Wales since the pandemic began in March to 2,510.

204 of those deaths have been recorded in the Hywel Dda region of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, while 584 have been recorded in the North Wales region of Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board.

34 have been recorded in Powys.

2,510 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Wales in the past 24 hours with 14 in Ceredigion; 111 in Carmarthenshire; 30 in Pembrokeshire; 29 in Powys and 16 in Gwynedd.

Dr Giri Shankar, incident director for the outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: "The lockdown restrictions remain and we advise everyone to stay at home except for reasonable excuses, and to limit your social contacts.

“Welsh Government has announced that the advice to those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, previously ‘shielding’ has changed. Those people within this group should no longer attend work or school outside the home.

“Under the new restrictions, people must stay at home, except for very limited purposes. People must not visit other households or meet other people they do not live with. Non-essential retail, close contact services, gyms and leisure centres, and hospitality will be closed.

“We are reminding people that all current guidance relating to coronavirus continues to apply to the new variant, including advice relating to symptoms, social distancing, self-isolation, and vaccination.”

Vaccinations have begun across Wales. 2,706 people in the Hywel Dda region have received the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, with 2,686 people receiving the first dose in the Betsi Cadwaladr region and 2,413 in Powys.