Covid update: 5 deaths and another 1,312 new cases today


Covid update: 5 deaths and another 1,312 new cases today

On the day that masks are no longer mandatory outdoors and the Canarian Government are reviewing alert levels and restrictions, there have been 1,312 new cases of Covid reported in the Canary Islands today, with the death of five more people, all in Gran Canaria.

The SCS has also updated the vaccination figures today, which show that 4,211,745 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 have now been administered and that 87.08% of the target population have had their first jab, and 81.79% have been fully vaccinated.

Regarding vaccination of children between 5 and 11 years old, 67,979 have now had their first dose which is almost 50% of the total in that age group. Also 799,666 people have now had their booster jab, and the SCS reminds that anyone over the age of 18 can go without an appointment for their first, second, or third dose at any of the vaccination points.

Data for Thursday 10th February 2022:
(updates are against yesterday’s figures)

New cases: 1,312

Tenerife: 583

Gran Canaria: 477

Fuerteventura: 97

La Palma: 68

Lanzarote: 65

La Gomera: 11

El Hierro: 11

 

Current Incidence rate (IA7): 273.95

(Cases last 7 days: 5,961)

El Hierro: 861.22

La Palma: 539.19

La Gomera: 424.39

Fuerteventura: 368.32

Gran Canaria: 298.06

Tenerife: 220.87

Lanzarote: 180.35

Current Incidence rate (IA14): 648.54

(Cases last 14 days: 13,938)

El Hierro: 1,883.91

La Palma: 1,282.08

Fuerteventura: 830.19

Gran Canaria: 749.25

La Gomera: 710.40

Tenerife: 493.64

Lanzarote: 442.84

General:

Covid patients in hospital: 528 (-13)

Covid patients in ICU: 78 (+2)

Home isolation: 104,936

R number: 0.72 (needs to be below 1)

PCR test positivity rate: 18.54% (should be below 4.5%)


Vaccination:

Total administered: 4,211,745

Fully vaccinated: 1,715,800 people (81.79%)

One dose: 1,826,658 people (87.08%)

Children aged 5-11: 67,979 (49.65%)

Booster doses: 799,666


Deaths last 24 hours: 5

Gran Canaria: 5 (534)

Total deaths: 1,496


Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 955

Tenerife: 372

Lanzarote: 361

Gran Canaria: 150

La Palma: 55

El Hierro: 14

Fuerteventura: 2

La Gomera: 1


Total Active cases per island:

Total: 105,542

Tenerife: 49,228 (+211)

Gran Canaria: 46,561 (+322)

Fuerteventura: 7,108 (+95)

Lanzarote: 1,931 (-296)

La Palma: 508 (+13)

La Gomera: 121 (+10)

El Hierro: 85 (-3)

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