A further four people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Wales, bringing the total number to 1,383.

North Wales still has the second highest number of deaths with the toll standing at 289.

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board also recorded the highest number of confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, with 43 compared to Cardiff and Vale's 13  - bringing the total number to 2,931 in North Wales.

Public Health Wales today recorded 76 new known cases overall in Wales, meaning 14,314 people have now tested positive for the disease although the actual number is likely to be much higher.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board currently has the highest number of deaths with 293 recorded, but the numbers don't include some deaths within the community.

Since the outbreak began, 234 people have now tested positive in Anglesey, 558 in Conwy, 647 in Denbighshire, 466 in Flintshire, 445 in Gwynedd and 581 in Wrexham.

Denbighshire saw the biggest jump in the number of cases with 21 recorded in the last 24 hours.

A person passes a completed coronavirus self test package through a car window

Dr Robin Howe, Incident Director for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak response at Public Health Wales, said: “Today, our data dashboard will be updated to include the number of deaths reported in Wales by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

“This data is different to the information we already publish because it shows deaths by area of residence, and not by hospital location.

"This addresses the current under-reporting of deaths in areas where there are no acute hospitals.

"The ONS data does not require a positive test result for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to be the registered cause of death, but is based on information provided in the death certificate where in some cases the certifying doctor suspected the death involved Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) but was not certain, for example, because no test was done.

“Because this data is reported weekly by the ONS, it will be updated on our dashboard on a weekly basis on Fridays.

"Today’s update will be to the week ending 22 May. Figures may differ slightly between those published by Public Health Wales due to different methodologies.

 “Public Health Wales welcomes increased testing resulting from Welsh participation in the UK-wide system."

He added: "Public Health Wales is reporting the number of tests for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) undertaken on Welsh residents in Non-NHS Wales laboratories.

“These laboratories were established to support NHS laboratories in increasing COVID-19 testing capacity e.g. UK Lighthouse laboratories. 

"They are currently receiving samples from a number of testing sites, such as the COVID-19 drive-through testing centres in England and from home testing kits.

“Whilst we have prioritised publishing national level figures from this dataset, we are currently working through data issues with NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) and Welsh Government and plan to publish at Health Board and Local Authority level.

"We expect these testing figures to increase as additional home and community testing increases amongst Welsh residents over the next few weeks.

“Public Health Wales is currently undertaking work to review this data and determine how this links with our existing data from tests undertaken in NHS laboratories in Wales. 

"Whilst this work is ongoing, these figures have not been incorporated into any other outputs including the headline number of cases.