There were also 10 hospital deaths and four involving care home residents in Carmarthenshire, among 22 deaths across the Hywel Dda health board area.Swansea Bay saw 17 deaths, three more than the week before.Deaths overall in care homes across England and Wales fell below the five-year average for the first time since mid-December.
The number of deaths in Wales fell to 759 in the week ending 26 February. This was 35 deaths higher than the five-year average.media captionThe proportion of these so-called "excess" deaths in Wales for the current week is higher in seven regions of England than in Wales. When looking across the course of the pandemic so far, there have been 38,080 from all causes, 7,546 mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate. This was 5,447 deaths above the five-year average.
When deaths occurring up to 26 February but counting later registrations are included, the total number of deaths involving Covid rises to 7,592., ONS looks at death certificates and this takes a little longer to compile.This includes deaths where Covid is either confirmed or suspected by a doctor and is included when it is a factor in the death. In around 90% of cases, Covid is the underlying cause and so deaths are due to Covid.
Deaths can take place in all settings, including people's homes and hospices, while PHW reports mainly hospital and some care home deaths and it only counts deaths in which a positive test result for Covid has come back from a lab.