ORGANISATIONS at the frontline of response to coronavirus have warned that communities across Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire are in the eye of the storm with record cases of the disease. The cases in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area are now at an average over seven days of 316.3 per 100,000 population, and in Carmarthenshire, this is as high as 448.2 (figures December 3-December 9). This compares, for example, to 242 cases per 100,000 population in London, and 199 per 100,000 in Birmingham during the same period. A Hywel Dda spokesperson said: “This is putting strain on our community and hospital NHS services, with more than 150 people in local acute hospitals with Covid-19, which is more than the peak during the first phase.
Coronavirus putting a strain on Hywel Dda health board ORGANISATIONS at the frontline of response to Covid-19 have warned that communities in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion are in the eye of the storm as the area faces record cases of the disease. The cases in the Hywel Dda University Health Board region are now at an average over seven days of 316.3 per 100,000 population, and in Carmarthenshire, this is as high as 448.2 (figures 3-9 December). This compares, for example, to 242 cases per 100,000 population in London, and 199 per 100,000 in Birmingham during the same period. A Hywel Dda spokesperson said: “This is putting strain on our community and hospital NHS services, with more than 150 people in local acute hospitals with Covid-19, which is more than the peak during the first phase.