The Ministry of Health has highlighted that during December the Canary Islands registered 5,900 new cases of coronavirus, a number of infections was only exceeded in September, when 6,321 cases were added, with almost 6,100 still active, a thousand less than on October 4th when the highest number of infections was reached on the islands.
The most painful aspect of the epidemic in the Canary Islands during the month of December was the 70 human lives lost, a number that was only exceeded in April, when 72 people died from Covid related deaths in the archipelago as a result of the epidemic.
On the other hand, the spread of the virus in the last month of last year has also been reflected in the accumulated incidence rate, as December started in the Canary Islands with a rate of 39 cases over 7 days per 100,000 inhabitant, and finished at 60.9 infections per 100,000 inhabitants. In Gran Canaria, this index went from 18.9 to 38.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and in Tenerife from 67.2 to 94 infections accumulated over 7 days.
The Canary Islands has started the New Year with 259 new cases of coronavirus provisionally registered yesterday by the Ministry of Health, taking the total of accumulated cases in the Canary Islands to 27,333.
In the last 24 hours, three deaths have also been reported, meaning that 414 people have died in the archipelago since the start of the health crisis, two men in Tenerife and one in Gran Canaria, aged between 75 and 91 years. One of the deceased is another one associated with the outbreak at the Santa Rita nursing home, in Puerto de la Cruz, from where 18 people have now died as a result of the outbreak in the centre that that is affecting 215 people.
By islands:
- Tenerife adds 158 cases, so the total accumulated amounts to 13,507;
- Gran Canaria had 73 new cases and 10,651 accumulated;
- Lanzarote registered 14 new cases with 1,595 accumulated;
- Fuerteventura has 1,004 accumulated, since it adds 6 new cases in the last 24 hours;
- La Palma has four new cases, so the accumulated are 300;
- El Hierro also registers four new cases and now has 83 accumulated.
- La Gomera did not have any new cases in the last 24 hours and its accumulated total remains at 193.
OUTBREAK IN EL HIERRO NURSING HOME:
The ministry of Health has reported that an outbreak of Covid-19 has been detected in the Echedo socio-sanitary centre, in El Hierro, affecting 14 people, 11 residents and 3 workers, after being screened at the centre with PCR tests. One of the affected residents has required hospital admission. The corresponding protocol has been activated and the spaces were divided and disinfected. These data will be incorporated into the statistical information of new cases tomorrow.
The Ministry of Health reminds that these data are provisional, since the Alerts and Emergencies Coordination Centre does not receive epidemiological information from the Autonomous Communities on weekends and holidays, so there will be a complete update on Monday.
