Infection rates are still on the increase in Wales, despite continued measures to combat Covid.
The Covid pass scheme could be widened, as ministers consider how to combat infection rates in WalesFigures published on Tuesday show a rate of 719.9 cases for every 100,000 people over the last seven days.It follows a warning that some people are
behaving as if the Covid pandemic is over - ignoring Wales' face mask laws and not social distancing. The latest number of positive cases reported by Public Health Wales was 5,228 between Friday morning and Monday morning. A further 31 deaths with Covid-19 have also been recorded, with 6,117 people dying with the virus since the start of the pandemic in Wales, according to PHW figures.
The health body said due to a technical issue reporting figures on Tuesday, not all cases of Covid reported in Wales in the last 72 hours have been flagged as "new" and it was likely there had been about 8,000 actual new cases over the period.
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