DOZENS of new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in North Wales.

Public Health Wales figures released on Thursday (June 17) show that 69 new cases have been confirmed in the latest 24-hour period.

Flintshire recorded the highest number of daily cases in Wales, with four of the five areas with the most new cases in Wales being in the north.

The rise in infection rates comes amid a cluster of cases of the highly infectious Delta variant in North Wales.

A full breakdown of new North Wales cases is as follows:

Anglesey - 3

Conwy - 14

Denbighshire - 15

Flintshire - 21

Gwynedd - 5

Wrexham - 11

Over 1.4 million people in Wales have had both doses of the vaccine, with over 2.2 million people having received at least one dose.

No new suspected coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in Wales in the latest 24-hour period.

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