The Canary Islands registered 94 new outbreaks this week producing 588 cases, of which eight have required hospital admission and one person has died. Of the new outbreaks, 50 have occurred in Gran Canaria, 27 in Tenerife, ten in Fuerteventura, four in Lanzarote, one in La Palma, one in La Gomera and one in El Hierro. By area in which they have occurred, 37 are social outbreaks, 31amongst families, 14 work related, ten in educational centres, one health, and one sports.
In general, all outbreaks have less than 10 associated cases except for two that started in educational centres but have spread into families, with 31 and 28 associated cases, in Tenerife and Gran Canaria, respectively; another social one with 26 people affected in Gran Canaria; another relative with 16 infected in Tenerife after a family meal; three work place outbreaks with 15, 14 and 11 people affected, the first two in Gran Canaria and the other in Tenerife; and one of social origin with 11 infected also in Gran Canaria.
