It is not yet known what impact Wales’s high vaccination rates will have on the peak forecast.
The Delta variant of coronavirus could peak in Wales as soon as next month, it has been warned.
Speaking at his press conference earlier today, Friday, first minister Mark Drakeford was asked how confident the Welsh Government is that the current forecast for the peak remains for late July.
In response, Mr Drakeford praised the modelling carried out by Swansea University, before saying that they expect the current variant of the deadly virus to peak in this area between June and the end of August, in what he called “the most likely scenario”.
Mr Drakeford said that this variant is between 40 and 80 percent more transmissible than previous variants, including the Alpha and Kent strains of covid.