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Covid update: The Canary Islands adds 5,424 new cases and 4 deaths
Covid update: The Canary Islands adds 5,424 new cases and 4 deaths

The figures are now only updated on a Tuesday and Friday, so this averages at 1,808 new cases per day…

Covid update: All islands stay at same alert level this week
Covid update: All islands stay at same alert level this week

The number of cases and incidence rates have gone up, and hospital pressure has only dropped slightly…

Covid weekly update: 8,786 new cases and 12 deaths this week
Covid weekly update: 8,786 new cases and 12 deaths this week

The downward trend of cases, incidence rates, and more importantly, hospital pressure, has slowed down this week...

Covid update: 1,790 new cases and 4 deaths today in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 1,790 new cases and 4 deaths today in the Canary Islands

Tenerife is now the most infected island with the most active cases…

The new Covid monitoring system will only count serious cases
The new Covid monitoring system will only count serious cases

The Interterritorial Council agree to take the first steps towards classing and treating Covid like a ‘flu'…

The Canary Islands adds 9,164 new cases and 15 deaths in the last week
The Canary Islands adds 9,164 new cases and 15 deaths in the last week

The Government are focusing on hospital pressure to manage the pandemic, but cases will still be monitored closely...

WHO gives green light for molnupiravir, the first antiviral against Covid
WHO gives green light for molnupiravir, the first antiviral against Covid

It is recommended for patients who are at high risk of hospitalization and is important for long term management of the virus…

Covid update: New cases jump back up to over 2,000 and the R rate increases too
Covid update: New cases jump back up to over 2,000 and the R rate increases too

The R rate of contagion was as low as 0.47, but has now increased to 1.33…

Spain receives Novavax vaccine against Covid for people with allergies
Spain receives Novavax vaccine against Covid for people with allergies

This vaccine is recommended for people with allergies or who haven’t been vaccinated for other medical reasons…

Covid update: Canaries starts March with 1,801 new cases and 3 deaths
Covid update: Canaries starts March with 1,801 new cases and 3 deaths

The Ministry of Health have confirmed yesterday’s epidemiological data this morning as it was a bank holiday...

Close contacts of those infected with Covid no longer have to quarantine
Close contacts of those infected with Covid no longer have to quarantine

You are encouraged to act responsibly by wearing your mask around, and keeping your distance from, the infected person...

The Canaries end February with 866 new cases and another drop in active cases
The Canaries end February with 866 new cases and another drop in active cases

Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 443, Tenerife has 317, Lanzarote 37, and Fuerteventura has 29...

Covid update: Active cases drop by almost 5,000 over the weekend
Covid update: Active cases drop by almost 5,000 over the weekend

There have been 2,397 new cases and 8 deaths reported this weekend; 9,999 people have tested positive in last 7 days...

Covid update: The rebound in new cases and incidence rates continues
Covid update: The rebound in new cases and incidence rates continues

The 7-day incidence rate for the islands is back up to 437, and the 14-day rate is almost 700...

Covid update: The Canaries adds over 2,000 daily cases for the third day running
Covid update: The Canaries adds over 2,000 daily cases for the third day running

Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 965 followed by Tenerife with 824; there has also been three deaths...

Vaccination update: SCS teams have now administered 4,271,027 doses of Covid vaccines
Vaccination update: SCS teams have now administered 4,271,027 doses of Covid vaccines

83% of the target population, which now includes 5 to 11 year olds, have been full vaccinated...

New cases have increased sharply as self test results are now included in totals
New cases have increased sharply as self test results are now included in totals

Up until now they haven’t been included meaning that thousands of positives haven’t been reported in the 6th wave...

Covid update: New cases rebound to over 2,000 with five deaths
Covid update: New cases rebound to over 2,000 with five deaths

Incidence rates have increased, active cases have increased, and the positivity rate has increased, but hospitalisations are down…

Canaries has the highest hospital occupancy rate from Covid in the whole of Spain
Canaries has the highest hospital occupancy rate from Covid in the whole of Spain

As the sixth wave is declining so is the number of deaths; the islands have the sixth lowest 7-day incidence rate…

Covid update: Canaries starts the week with 659 new cases and two deaths
Covid update: Canaries starts the week with 659 new cases and two deaths

Here is the updated data for each of the islands…