A meeting will be held this week to discuss the possibility of more restrictions to halt the spread of Covid-19 in Gwynedd and Anglesey.

Bangor has been under a local lockdown since 6pm on Saturday.

The rest of Gwynedd and neighbouring Anglesey remain the only parts of North Wales which are not, but with cases on the rise, health minister confirmed council leaders and health officials will meet “early this week,” with the potential of wider restrictions on the table.

The latest figures show the seven-day rolling infection rates for Gwynedd as 89.1 per 100,000 people between 2 and 8 October, with Health Minister Vaughan Gething describing the surge seen in Bangor as associated “largely but not wholly with younger people and the student population”.

On Friday the Welsh Government confirmed that the incidence rate varies from 152 cases (per 100,000) in Arfon – which includes Bangor – to 55 in Dwyfor and just 18 in Meirionnydd.

But with cases in neighbouring Anglesey also hitting 48.5 over the same period, this brings Anglesey and swathes of Gwynedd close to, or beyond, the 50 cases per 100,000 over seven days figure which has been previously earmarked as sparking potential local lockdowns.

During yesterday’s Welsh Government’s daily briefing, Mr Gething said: “We’re going to be having a meeting with leaders not just from Gwynedd but also the wider area, including obviously Anglesey, early this week to understand not just the picture there but to understand whether we do need to take additional measures."

He added this was “about reducing harm to minimise the number of people who need hospital treatment and may otherwise die this coming winter”.

“As ever this is always under review and why we’re looking at local, regional and national approaches and this week we’ll need to make some choices about that.

“It’s not just about Bangor or Gwynedd, we’re having to think about the whole country.”