Cardiff Council Update: 17 March

Here is the latest update from Cardiff Council, covering: vaccination totals for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan; Cardiff's COVID-19 case and test numbers; the latest schools affected by COVID-19; Cardiff the first Welsh local authority to achieve Carbon Literacy Organisation status; and Healthy cooking challenge launched.

Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Vaccination Status Update - 17 March

The total number of vaccination doses given by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board so far, in both local authority areas:199,912(Total yesterday: 4,026)

Key Priority Groups 1-4

Care home staff: 4,228 (1^stDose) 3,197 (2^ndDose)
Care home residents: 2,134 (1^stDose) 1,154 (2^ndDose)
80 and over: 19,030 (1^stDose) 387 (2^ndDose)
Frontline healthcare staff: 25,268 (1^stDose) 19,144 (2^ndDose)
Social care staff: 8,898 (1^stDose) 5,641 (2^ndDose)
75-79: 14,071 (1^stDose) 1,143 (2^ndDose)
70-74: 20,249 (1^stDose) 6,159 (2^ndDose)
Clinically extremely vulnerable: 9,346 (1^stDose) 2,897 (2^ndDose)

Key Priority Groups 5-7

65-69: 16,869 (1^stDose) 334 (2^ndDose)
Underlying Health Conditions: 24,722 (1^stDose) 1,676 (2^ndDose)
60-64: 10,830 (1^stDose) 423 (2^ndDose)

Data provided by the CAVUHB

Please note that there may be minor amendments to data as it is validated over time

Cardiff Cases and Tests - 7 Days Data (06 March - 12 March)

Based on latest figures from Public Health Wales

Data correct as of:

16 March 2021, 09:00

Cases: 126

Cases per 100,000 population: 34.3 (Wales: 42.5 cases per 100,000 population)

Testing episodes: 4,382

Testing per 100,000 population: 1,194.3

Positive proportion: 2.9% (Wales: 3.9% positive proportion)

Update on schools affected by COVID-19: 17.03.21

Gabalfa Primary School

A positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Gabalfa Primary School. 29 Year 6 pupils and two members of staff have been advised by Public Health Wales to self-isolate for 10 days after they were identified as close contacts of the confirmed COVID-19 case.

Pontprennau Primary School

21 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at Pontprennau Primary School. Three members of staff and 80 pupils from Reception and Nursery Years have been advised by Public Health Wales to self-isolate for 10 days after they were identified as close contacts of the confirmed COVID-19 case.

Cardiff the first Welsh local authority to achieve Carbon Literacy Organisation status

Cardiff Council has become the first Welsh local authority to be recognised as a Carbon Literate Organisation by low-carbon charity The Carbon Literacy Trust.

As part of the accreditation process for the bronze level award a Carbon Literacy training programme has to be created and registered with the Carbon Literacy Project, ready for delivery to staff, and at least one senior member of the organisation has to have undertaken and passed this training.

Following Carbon Literacy Project approved training designed and delivered by sustainable development charity Cynnal Cymru, three Cardiff Council Cabinet members at the forefront of Cardiff's One Planet Cardiff strategy for a carbon neutral city: Cllr Caro Wild (Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Transport), Cabinet Member for Clean Streets, Recycling and Environment, Cllr Michael Michael, and Cllr Chris Weaver (Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation and Performance), and staff from services across the organisation, have been certified as Carbon Literate.

If the training is rolled out further, and a substantial percentage of employees are certified as carbon literate, the council could go on to achieve Silver status.

Cabinet Member for Clean Streets, Recycling and Environment, Cllr Michael Michael, said: "Carbon Literacy training is designed to change the way we act, and help us really think about our carbon emissions. There's already good work being done by the council in this area - direct carbon emissions are down by 45% since 2005 and we working hard to bring them down further. This learning will enhance that work, but it will also carry through to our lives as individual residents with a contribution to make as Cardiff strives to become a carbon neutral, One Planet city."

Healthy cooking challenge launched

The search is on to find Cardiff's top healthy cooks in a new challenge launched by the Council's Money Advice team and Adult Learning service.

Fifty households across the city will be tasked with whipping up the finest, healthy dishes based on wholesome and nourishing recipes developed by Adult Learning tutors.

Each budding chef will receive a box of healthy ingredients and cooking utensils delivered to their homes to be able to work their magic and create a week's supply of delicious family meals by following the online video tutorials made by Adult Learning, or the enclosed easy-to-follow, budget-friendly recipe cards.

The challenge has been made possible thanks to Welsh Government funding through the Building a Healthier Wales approach via Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, agreed by our local strategic partnerships, which seeks to transform health and well-being through a focus on prevention and early intervention. The cooking challenge will promote healthy cooking and eating habits amongst residents who take part as every meal will be carefully chosen for both its nutritious values as well as for cost effectiveness.

Households interested in taking part in the challenge can find out more and apply by emailing advicehub@cardiff.gov.uk or calling 029 2087 1071.

Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities, Cllr Lynda Thorne, said: "Our healthy cooking challenge is a brilliant way to engage residents across the city in healthy eating and cooking, to help support their overall health and wellbeing. We will provide all the ingredients people need to cook nutritious meals for a family of four and are asking them to send us photos so we can judge which meals look the best - unfortunately, we can't taste test at this current time!