The number of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Monmouthshire on Wednesday December 22 was 118 - which brings the total number of people up to 13,129. This includes either lab-reported or rapid lateral flow test.

Weekly deaths, with Covid-19 on the death certificate, is one.There were 106,122 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in the UK on the same day - which brings the total number of cases up to 11,647,473.Covid-19 cases are identified by taking specimens from people and testing them for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. If the test is positive - except for rapid lateral flow tests which have negative confirmatory lab-based PCR tests taken within 72 hours - this is referred to as a case. If a person has more than one positive test, they are only counted as one case for all nations with the exception of Wales.