English: Okay, thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Sorry, I had to unmute. Thank you, Minister, for your statement. One of the things I'd like to say was that I'm very grateful for the continued briefings and updates that we get - Members of the Senedd and the Members of Parliament across my area - for meeting both the health boards and getting the regular information from them. I think it probably is worth placing on record again our thanks to everybody that's working in the NHS and doing absolutely amazing, amazing things during this pandemic. Without in any way being complacent, I've been really pleased to see the number of people actually being discharged from hospital having fully recovered from COVID, and seeing that the capacity in hospitals across my area, including in ICUs - actually coping quite well. However, what does remain a concern for me is the high levels of infections across Merthyr Tydfil and RCT, and that seems to be in direct contrast to what's happening across the rest of Wales. Now, we know that in Merthyr and RCT we have lots of terraced streets and families living close to each other, and that may well be considered as one of the reasons for the high levels of infections, as I think the First Minister alluded to in response to questions on his statement this morning. But it's also true that other Valleys communities and some of our inner city areas also have terraced houses and families living close together and don't seem to have the same levels of infections there. Now, anecdotally we've heard reports -
Welsh: Iawn, Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Mae'n ddrwg gennyf, roedd yn rhaid i mi droi fy meicroffon ymlaen. Diolch, Gweinidog, am eich datganiad. Un o'r pethau yr hoffwn ei ddweud oedd fy mod yn ddiolchgar iawn am y sesiynau briffio a diweddaru parhaus yr ydym yn eu cael - Aelodau o'r Senedd ac Aelodau o Senedd y DU yn fy ardal - am gyfarfod â'r byrddau iechyd a chael yr wybodaeth reolaidd ganddynt. Rwy'n credu ei bod hi'n werth rhoi ar gof a chadw unwaith eto ein diolch i bawb sy'n gweithio yn y GIG ac yn gwneud pethau anhygoel, rhyfeddol yn ystod y pandemig hwn. Heb fod yn hunanfodlon mewn unrhyw ffordd, rwyf wedi bod yn falch iawn o weld nifer y bobl sy'n cael eu rhyddhau o'r ysbyty wedi gwella'n llwyr o COVID, a gweld bod y capasiti mewn ysbytai ar draws fy ardal, gan gynnwys mewn unedau gofal dwys - yn ymdopi'n eithaf da mewn gwirionedd. Fodd bynnag, yr hyn sy'n parhau'n bryder i mi yw'r cyfraddau sylweddol o heintiau ym Merthyr Tudful a Rhondda Cynon Taf, ac mae hynny'n ymddangos yn gwbl groes i'r hyn sy'n digwydd yng ngweddill Cymru. Nawr, gwyddom fod gennym ni lawer o strydoedd teras a theuluoedd yn byw yn agos at ei gilydd ym Merthyr a Rhondda Cynon Taf, ac mae'n ddigon posib yr ystyrir hynny'n un o'r rhesymau dros y niferoedd sylweddol o heintiau, fel y cyfeiriodd y Prif Weinidog ato, mi gredaf, wrth ymateb i gwestiynau am ei ddatganiad y bore yma. Ond mae hefyd yn wir fod gan gymunedau eraill yn y Cymoedd a rhai o'n hardaloedd canol dinas dai teras a theuluoedd yn byw'n agos at ei gilydd ac nid yw'n ymddangos bod ganddyn nhw'r un niferoedd o heintiau yn y mannau hynny. Nawr, rydym ni wedi clywed straeon anecdotaidd -