NINE new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Ceredigion today (Sunday).

These new cases take the weekend total to 19 new cases after 10 were recorded on Saturday.

51 cases in total have been recorded in Ceredigion over the past seven days, giving the county an infection rate of 70.2 cases per 100,000 population, the standard measurement for infection across the UK.

Gwynedd has recorded 10 new cases today taking its weekly total to 60 cases and leaving the county with an infection rate of 48.2.

Carmarthenshire has recorded 53 new cases today taking the seven-day total to 275 cases and giving the county an infection rate of 145.7.

Powys has recorded 19 new cases today taking the weekly total to 138 cases and giving the county an infection rate of 104.2.

Pembrokeshire has recorded six new cases today, taking it to 138 over the past seven days and leaving the county with an infection rate of 54.8.

16 new deaths linked with Covid-19 have been recorded in Wales today taking the total number of deaths since the pandemic began in March to 2,207.

Dr Giri Shankar, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “During this first weekend since the fire-break restrictions have been lifted, 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 new 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.

“It is extremely important that we only make essential journeys, maintain strict social distancing with those we don’t live with, and reduce the number of people that we meet.  All of these actions will help to break the chains of transmission, reduce the spread of the virus, and keep people safe.

“We understand that people will want to carry on with their Christmas shopping now the fire-break has ended and so we would suggest to try to visit shops during off-peak times, to always maintain social distancing and to wear a face covering if you can.

"Options such as ‘click and collect’ or online purchasing may also be something to consider.”