It's been more than four years since the coronavirus pandemic first plunged Wales into lockdown. A year into the pandemic, as the vaccine began to be distributed, it became clear that while we could overcome the pandemic the virus would linger for years. From that point Covid has been managed like a seasonal virus, often peaking concurrently with the winter flu.
By March it seemed the winter peak had subsided with cases in Welsh hospitals significantly decreasing. However at the beginning of May we saw an increase in the number of people in hospital with coronavirus in Wales as the new variant FLiRT began to circulate. As there is no testing regime for the general public in Wales what is going on in hospitals is a good indication of how much the virus is circulating in our communities.
READ MORE: Latest Covid symptoms 2024 and the signs of long Covid READ MORE: UK Government health travel advice issued for holiday hotspots with virus warning and 'do not eat' advice in Turkey In the seven days leading up to May 5 a total of 53 people were admitted to hospital with coronavirus. This is around the same number of admissions that were being made in the month of February following a peak of 113 admissions a week at the end of December. In April just 16 admissions were made in the seven days leading up to April 20 showing just how much of a rise there had been in case admissions.
There was also a rise in the number of people already in hospital picking up the virus. In the seven day.
