The Ministry of Health has reported 3,276 new cases of Covid-19 in the Canary Islands today, which is 3,455 less than those registered last Thursday. The total number of cases in the archipelago is now 237,267 since the start of the pandemic, with 94,812 active cases of which 80 are admitted to Intensive Care, 586 are in hospital wards, and 94,146 are in home isolation.
The islands also recorded seven more deaths in the last 24 hours, four in Tenerife and three in Gran Canaria, bringing the total number of fatalities to 1,306 since the start of the pandemic. The deceased were aged between 51 and 98 years old and all had previous pathologies.
The incidence rates have dropped again today with a lower number of new cases, and the IA7 for the islands is now 1,248.05 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the IA14 is at 2,792.07.
What to do if my child belongs to a class at school with a positive case?
Due to the evolution of the sixth wave of coronavirus and the advancement of vaccination in the 5-11-year-olds, the Health Department for the Canary Islands has provided a guide for families whose children belong to a class with a confirmed positive case of COVID-19.
It advises that quarantine will not be carried out in the Infant and Primary school years, except if among the students there are any with severe pathologies.
Teaching will be temporarily suspended if there are at least five infections, or 20% of the pupils, in the class in the last 7 days. In this situation, quarantine will be established only for unvaccinated students or those who have had less than two doses.
Students over 12 years of age will only have to comply with quarantine if they are not fully vaccinated or if they are close contacts. It is very important to monitor the appearance of suspicious symptoms for 10 days after the last contact with the confirmed case.
During this period, it is recommended to postpone vaccination if scheduled. Likewise, social interactions should be limited, avoiding contact with vulnerable people in the 10 days after the last exposure.
Regardless of vaccination status, all close contacts must take extreme prevention and hygiene measures against COVID during the 10 days after the last exposure with the confirmed case, constantly using their masks. No diagnostic test or follow-up by the health service will be necessary unless suspicious symptoms appear.
Data for Thursday 20th January 2022:
(updates are against yesterday’s figures)
New cases: 3,276
Gran Canaria: 1,548
Tenerife: 1,069
La Palma: 207
Lanzarote: 201
Fuerteventura: 179
El Hierro: 55
La Gomera: 17
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 1,248.05
(Cases last 7 days: 27,157)
El Hierro: 2,332.47
La Palma: 1,817.68
Lanzarote: 1,334.94
Gran Canaria: 1,324.34
Fuerteventura: 1,194.33
Tenerife: 1,120.18
La Gomera: 631.98
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 2,792.07
(Cases last 14 days: 60,304)
La Palma: 3,951.69
El Hierro: 3,902.40
Lanzarote: 3,049.83
Tenerife: 2,769.00
Fuerteventura: 2,696.86
Gran Canaria: 2,684.56
La Gomera: 1,656.06
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 586 (-)
Covid patients in ICU: 80 (+1)
Home isolation: 94,145
R number: 1.14 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 30.43% (should be below 4.5%)
Vaccination: (No update today)
Total administered: 4,037,278
Fully vaccinated: 1,706,281 people (81.34%)
One dose: 1,812,375 people (86.40%)
Children aged 5-11: 61,902 (45.21%)
Booster doses: 658,489
Deaths last 24 hours: 7
Tenerife: 4 (742)
Gran Canaria: 3 (444)
Total deaths: 1,306
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 1,946
Tenerife: 783
Gran Canaria: 463
Lanzarote: 334
La Palma: 261
Fuerteventura: 46
El Hierro: 31
La Gomera: 28
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 94,811
Tenerife: 44,803 (+282)
Gran Canaria: 35,994 (+1,082)
Lanzarote: 6,518 (-54)
Fuerteventura: 5,356 (+133)
La Palma: 1,693 (-54)
El Hierro: 281 (+24)
La Gomera: 166 (-11)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
25,819 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
19,266 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
8,406 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
4,193 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
3,061 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
2,584 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
2,018 in Arona (Tenerife)
1,760 in Adeje (Tenerife)
1,738 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
1,328 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
1,292 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
1,270 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
894 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
689 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
439 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
426 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
154 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
