OVER 20 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Ceredigion today.

23 new cases have been recorded today (Sunday) in Ceredigion by Public Health Wales, taking the weekly total since Monday in the county to 127 cases.

In the latest seven-day figures released by health officials in Wales, which cover the period 20-26 November, Ceredigion had an infection rate of 170.6 cases per 100,000 population. The standard measurement of infection rate across the UK.

The majority of those new cases were recorded in the south of the county with 71 cases being recorded in the Cardigan and Aberporth area, which up until Thursday, 26 November, had an infection rate of 799.7 cases per 100,000 population.

Elsewhere, Carmarthenshire has recorded 46 new cases of Covid-19 today, Pembrokeshire has recorded 14; Powys, 19 and Gwynedd has recorded 11 new cases.

16 new deaths have been recorded in Wales today, taking the total since the pandemic began to 2,539.

113 deaths have been recorded in the Hywel Dda region of Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, while 529 deaths have been recorded in the Betsi Cadwaladr region of North Wales.

Powys Health Board has recorded 29 deaths.

Dr Giri Shankar, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “We would remind everyone that Coronavirus is still active in our communities, and therefore this does not mean a return to normality.

“We ask the public to observe the regulations and to limit their contact with other people as much as possible so that we all work together to bring the numbers of positive cases down.

“This means staying out of other people’s homes, limiting the times and the numbers of people that you meet, maintaining social distancing and hand hygiene, working from home if you can, and self-isolating if you show symptoms of coronavirus or are asked to do so by contact tracers.

“All of these actions will help to break the chains of transmission, reduce the spread of the virus, and keep people safe.