NEARLY 30 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in North Wales.

Public Health Wales figures released on Tuesday show that 29 new cases were confirmed in the region in the 48-hour period between 9am on May 28 and 9am on May 30.

The full breakdown of local cases is as follows:

Anglesey - 0

Conwy - 9

Denbighshire - 7

Flintshire - 3

Gwynedd - 3

Wrexham - 7

The latest cases come amid calls for vigilance after a cluster of cases of the Indian variant were last week confirmed in the Llandudno Junction, Llandudno and Penrhyn Bay areas of Conwy.

The cases are all linked, and no outbreak has currently been declared.

Richard Firth, consultant in Health Protection for Public Health Wales, and chair of the multi-agency Incident Management Team, said: “The emergence of cases of this transmissible new variant of coronavirus in the Llandudno Junction, Llandudno and Penrhyn Bay areas is a reminder that we should not become complacent, even as rates of the virus across Wales remain low.

“Please be vigilant for the symptoms of coronavirus, and get a test now. If you are contacted by contact tracers, please help to protect your community by being honest with them about your movements and complying with their instructions.

“The sooner we act, the better. Please come forward for testing, even if your symptoms are mild. The more people with symptoms who come forward, the more cases we will find. More people can then be referred into the Test, Trace, Protect programme, allowing contact tracers to take action to put a stop to the spread of this variant in the area.”

More than a million people in Wales have now had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.