Eight dead and six in intensive care at Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

Taken from the BBC's rolling coverage;-

Eight patients have died with coronavirus at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital following an outbreak, the health board has confirmed.

Planned surgeries have been cancelled after 82 cases were linked to the hospital in Llantrisant.

Staff at the hospital in Rhondda Cynon Taf, one of the areas in Wales under a local lockdown, are being tested amid the outbreak.

Paul Mears, the new chief executive of Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board, said that eight patients had died and six patients were in intensive care.

Planned surgeries have been temporarily suspended and patients who would usually be taken to A&E at the hospital in an emergency will also be sent elsewhere as part of the plan from 14:00 BST.

Mr Mears said the situation had escalated quite rapidly over the weekend and at the beginning of this week.

He said: “Clearly the situation is very significant there and is posing a challenge to us in terms of managing the spread of infection within the facility."