All eligible adults in Wales have been offered their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, Wales’ economy minister has confirmed.

It comes as Wales reported another 247 positive cases of COVID-19 in its latest daily update on the nation’s public health situation.

Vaughan Gething said the incidence rate in Wales was now 18.1 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people – the lowest rate of the UK nations.

He added the vaccination programme was making “excellent progress”, with nearly 1.4 million people in Wales having received both jabs, equivalent to 54.9% of the country’s adult population.

The latest figures takes the total number of reported cases to 214,004. No new deaths have been reported.

It compares with 75 people testing positive in last Monday’s update, when one death was reported. The total number of deaths stands at 5,572.

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Latest data published by Public Health Wales shows that 2,216,031 people – 70.3% of the population – have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. A total of 1,384,673 people have been given both doses.

Wales started a phased transition to alert level one on 7 June, which allowed up to 30 people to meet outdoors.

It also paved the way for concerts and sporting events to go ahead with up to 4,000 people non-seated and 10,000 seated as long as risk assessments and COVID precautions were in place.

Ministers have been reviewing whether there can be further easing, such as allowing indoor events to restart.

It comes amid ongoing concern over the spread of the Delta variant, also known as the Indian variant, across the UK.

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