Wales' third Covid wave is being fuelled by clusters of cases, mostly affecting children and young people, according to a doctor in north Wales.The Delta variant remains the most dominant, while Wales' weekly case rate has risen to 35.6 per 100,000 people.
Dr Dyfan Jones, a GP in Denbigh said it is "almost exclusively" affecting the young.With most of the vulnerable and elderly vaccinated, the focus is now on whether hospitalisations will increase.
Flintshire has the highest Covid-19 rate per 100,000 of population with nearly 100 cases. Conwy and Denbighshire also have higher case rates compared with other parts of the country, at 88.7 and 72.1 respectively.
The areas with the lowest were Merthyr Tydfil (6.6%), Rhondda Cynon Taf (12%) and Blaenau Gwent (12.9).
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"After a very quiet period over the last few months we've seen quite a dramatic increase in cases locally," said Dr Jones.
"It is interesting to note that it is almost exclusively within young children and young people.
"So it seems to be, thankfully, that the vaccination and especially the dual vaccination, is preventing large scale spread amongst the older population."But he added a note of caution that people still needed to be careful and stick to the rules.
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"I think that the evidence of rapid spread amongst young people underpins the advice to stick to the precautions and the guidance, to try and minimise that spread whilst we try and finish the vaccination programme that, thankfully to this point, has been a great success," he said.Local authorities in several parts of Wales have warned residents to follow Covid-19 guidelines following clusters of cases.
Speaking about the current cluster of cases in Rhosneigr, Anglesey council leader Llinos Medi said: "We've seen an increase over the last seven days.
"It is important that I do note that the Public Health Wales details show 15 new cases, but for our local Test Trace Protect Team we have seen 31 cases coming in in the last seven days. And we only had 28 cases throughout May. So the situation is changing here.