Gwynedd and Powys have both recorded over 30 new cases of coronavirus today, according to official statistics.

Gwynedd recorded 31 new cases of Covid-19 over the last 24 hour period, while Powys recorded 30.

Ceredigion in the last day has recorded 17 new cases while 83 have been identified in Carmarthenshire and 32 in Pembrokeshire.

A total of 1,332 new cases have been confirmed in Wales today and 16 new deaths, taking the death toll since the pandemic began to 3,997.

Speaking on today’s figures, Dr Giri Shankar, incident director for the outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “The number of positive coronavirus cases remains extremely high in Wales and is cause for serious concern.

“All of Wales remains in lockdown. We ask that the public adopts the same mindset for this lockdown as they did in March 2020. We understand that people are fatigued but with a more transmissible variant of coronavirus circulating across Wales it is vital that we all keep to the lockdown restrictions in place.

“This means stay at home. If exercising outdoors, please do this alone or with members of your household or support bubble and if possible, only once a day. Shop online but if you do need to visit essential retail do this alone. If you must leave home keep your distance, wash your hands regularly, and wear a face mask.

“The rollout of the Pfizer BioNTech and AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccines continues in Wales with the the recently Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency-approved Moderna vaccine to be incorporated into the programme soon.”