Here is the latest update from Cardiff Council, covering: Cardiff's COVID-19 case and test numbers; vaccination totals for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan; and £1 million funding for ‘Coed Caerdydd', theurban forest project.
Cardiff Cases and Tests - 7 Days Data (09 July - 15 July)
Based on latest figures from Public Health Wales
Data correct as of:
19 July 2021, 09:00
Cases: 705
Cases per 100,000 population: 192.1 (Wales: 185.8 cases per 100,000 population)
Testing episodes: 6,794
Testing per 100,000 population: 1,851.7
Positive proportion: 10.4% (Wales: 10.2% positive proportion)
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Vaccination Status Update - 20 July
The total number of vaccination doses given by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board so far, in both local authority areas: 666,522 (1stDose: 355,578 2ndDose: 310,944)
Based on the figures available at the time of publication. Please note that there may be minor amendments to data as it is validated over time.
£1 million funding for ‘Coed Caerdydd' urban forest project
Close to £1 million of funding for a project that will see a new urban forest created across Cardiff has been secured by Cardiff Council.
The ‘Coed Caerdydd' (Cardiff Forest) project, a major part of the council's One Planet Cardiff response to the climate emergency, has secured more than £753,000 of funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.
This new funding will be used in tandem with £228,000 of previously announced funding from Coed Cadw/The Woodland Trust in Wales's, Emergency Tree Fund, to plant thousands of trees across the city.
Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure, Cllr Peter Bradbury, said: "The Coed Caerdydd project will see the creation of new woodland and orchards across the city, essentially Cardiff's very own urban forest, helping us create a visibly greener city and pushing us closer to our aim of increasing tree canopy cover in the city to 25%."
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