Cardiff Council Update: 25 January 2022

Here is the latest update from Cardiff Council, covering: Holocaust Memorial Day Wales 2022; vaccination totals for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan; Cardiff's COVID-19 case and test numbers; applications for 2022 nursery places now open.

Holocaust Memorial Day Wales 2022

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2022, a recording of this year's Wales Commemoration will be available to watch on the Cardiff Council YouTube channel.

Filmed at City Hall in Cardiff, the Multi-Faith Commemoration can be viewed from 11am on Thursday 27th January, using the following link:https://youtu.be/vVe1NeSdNa8(link active at 11am on the 27th).

The Commemoration is conducted by The Reverend Canon Stewart Lisk, Honorary Chaplain to Cardiff Council, and hosted by First Minister Mark Drakeford, and Cllr Huw Thomas, Leader of Cardiff Council.

Viewers are able to follow the ceremony by downloading the Holocaust Memorial Wales Day 2022 programme here:https://app.prmax.co.uk/collateral/188890.pdf

Holocaust Memorial Day is an international day of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust and other genocides. The day honours the survivors and remembers those who have lost their lives. It is held on January 27 every year, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Vaccination Status Update - 21 January 2022

Data provided by CAVUHB

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.

The total number of vaccination doses given by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board so far, in both local authority areas:1,057,137(1^stDose: 398,529 2^ndDose: 368,960 3^rdDose: 7,906 Boosters: 281,650)

Cohort Data - Last updated: 16 January 2022

80 and over: 19,903 / 94.7% (1^stDose) 19,763 / 94.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 18,271 / 92.5% (Booster)
75-79: 14,914 / 96.6% (1^stDose) 14,793 / 95.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 13,626 / 92.1% (Booster)
70-74: 21,396 / 96% (1^stDose) 21,269 / 95.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 19,759 / 92.9% (Booster)
65-69: 22,012 / 94.6% (1^stDose) 21,773 / 93.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 20,020 / 91.9% (Booster)
60-64: 26,174 / 92.7% (1^stDose) 25,854 / 91.5% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 23,516 / 91% (Booster)
55-59: 29,521 / 90.6% (1^stDose) 29,074 / 89.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 26,022 / 89.5% (Booster)
50-54: 29,260 / 88.4% (1^stDose) 28,666 / 86.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 25,070 / 87.5% (Booster)
40-49: 56,121 / 82.5% (1^stDose) 54,471 / 80% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 44,154 / 81.1% (Booster)
30-39: 62,484 / 77.1% (1^stDose) 59,074 / 72.9% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 40,958 / 69.3% (Booster)
18-29: 84,292 / 78.6% (1^stDose) 76,270 / 71.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 43,817 / 57.4% (Booster)
16-17: 4,245 / 76.6% (1^stDose) 3,189 / 57.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 196 / 6.1% (Booster)
12-15: 16,666 / 59.6% (1^stDose) 4,547 / 16.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose)

Severely Immunosuppressed: 6,790 / 99.3% (1^stDose) 6,095 / 89.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 24 / 0.4% (Booster)
Care home residents: 2,037 / 98.5% (1^stDose) 2,021 / 97.7% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 1,855 / 91.8% (Booster)
Care Home Workers: 3,698 / 99% (1^stDose) 3,642 / 97.5% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 2,870 / 78.8% (Booster)
Healthcare Workers: 27,148 / 98.1% (1^stDose) 26,866 / 97.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 23,989 / 89.1% (Booster)
Social Care Workers**: 9,949 / 81.4% (Booster)
Clinically extremely vulnerable: 11,203 / 94.7% (1^stDose) 11,039 / 93.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 6,360 / 57.6% (Booster)
Underlying Health Conditions: 46,176 / 90.7% (1^stDose) 44,832 / 88.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 37,559 / 83.8% (Booster)
Underlying Health Conditions (12-15): 674 / 63.4% (1^stDose) 527 / 49.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 32 / 6.1% (Booster)

*Those who have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, with the exception of those who are severely immunosuppressed who are recommended three doses

**Data taken from an alternative source

Cardiff Cases and Tests - 7 Days Data (14 January - 20 January 2022)

Based on latest figures from Public Health Wales

Data correct as of:

24 January 2022

Cases: 2,087

Cases per 100,000 population: 568.8 (Wales: 483.7 cases per 100,000 population)

Testing episodes: 5,436

Testing per 100,000 population: 1,481.6

Positive proportion: 38.4% (Wales: 33.6% positive proportion)

Applications for 2022 nursery places now open

Applications for nursery school places are now open and parents with children who turn three between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022 can now apply for a part-time nursery place to start in September 2022.

English and Welsh medium places are available at one of the 74 nursery schools across the city and families are encouraged to apply before the deadline of Monday 21, February 2022 to help their chance of being offered a nursery school place of their choice.