A super-spreading event has been blamed for the deaths of eight patients with coronavirus at one hospital. The people have all lost their lives at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.
Six more people are currently in intensive care. The recent outbreak has seen 82 people infected at the Llantrisant hospital and has led to the health board has deciding to cut services and put measures in place to contain the spread of the virus.
Things have escalated quickly over the weekend at the South Wales hospital. The current outbreak is likely to have been caused by a “super spreading” event, said the Cwm Taf University Health Board Executive Director of Public Health Kelechi Nnoaham.