JUST two parts of Powys have seen rises in the rate of new cases of Covid in the last seven days

The Montgomery, Trewern and Berriew cluster of north Powys and Ystradgynlais in the south have seen very minor rises in cases.

But across the rest of the county, case numbers continue to tumble and remain low

The stats, from Public Health Wales, show the extent to which the virus has receded during the latest lockdown period.

It comes as the First Minister announced further plans to accelerate Wales' release from lockdown today - the most significant being the scrapping of 'stay local', allowing people to travel anywhere within Wales.

The data is gathered using Office of National Statistics figures of middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) and present the rolling number of cases in either a seven-day or 21-day window.

The details from Public Health Wales state that case numbers are suppressed for any MSOA where there were fewer than three identified cases.