EXERCISE can now be undertaken more than once a day - but should start and end at home and not involve going a significant distance from home, Public Health Wales said today.

The warning comes as they released the daily official figures for Wales.

PHW reported 12 new deaths related to Covid-19, bringing the total in Wales to 1,111. There were 223 new cases, which means 11,344 cases have now been confirmed through testing.

Ceredigion had no new cases again, meaning the county stays on the lowest number of cases in Wales - 38 - and the lowest positive proportion at 7.4 per cent.

Powys’ total number of cases is now over 200, after five new cases confirmed today brought their total to 204.

Carmarthenshire saw 26 new cases today - total 547. And Pembrokeshire had three new cases, bringing the total there to 248.

Gwynedd had 15 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing its figures to 292.

Dr Giri Shankar, Incident Director for the outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “On Friday, the Welsh Government announced that lockdown arrangements will continue for the next three weeks, with minor adjustments to regulations.

“Public Health Wales reminds the public to continue to adhere to Welsh Government restrictions on non-essential travel, caravan and campsites, hotels, B&Bs and holiday accommodations, as well as the limited access to our national parks, over the Bank Holiday weekend. We also remind owners of second homes in Wales to act responsibly and to avoid traveling to these homes until restrictions have been lifted.

“Social distancing rules remain in effect. Public Health Wales fully supports the small adjustments made to the regulations which includes allowing people to exercise more than once a day. However, people should stay local. This means any exercise should start and end at home and not involve going a significant distance from home.

“We seem to have passed the peak and flattened the curve of new cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wales, which appears to be an indication of the effectiveness of lockdown measures. We are currently working with Welsh Government to determine the best approach for when the lockdown is eventually eased.

“Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is still circulating in every part of Wales, and the single most important action we can all take in fighting the virus is to stay at home.