The Canary Islands has added a total of 261 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, meaning that the accumulated total reaches 31,207 people who have suffered the virus since the start of the pandemic, and there has been 3 more Covid related deaths, two in Tenerife and one in El Hierro, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Health. Later today the new restrictions in the two capital Islands will be known.
Currently, the cumulative incidence rate in the Canary Islands over seven days has reached 94.60, while at 14 days it rises to 169.08, which is primarily lead by the eastern islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria whose rates continue to rise, whereas the western islands, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma, continue to decrease.
Regarding PCR tests, 731,779 have been carried out since the beginning of the pandemic, with 4,114 yesterday, of which 36,989 were positive, which represents 5.05 percent. Also, the R rate is currently 1.00 and so far 39,339 doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered.
Data for Saturday 16th January 2021:
New cases:
Total: 261
Gran Canaria: 111 (42%)
Lanzarote: 71 (27%)
Tenerife: 65 (25%)
Fuerteventura: 11
El Hierro: 2
La Palma: 1
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 94.60 (2,037 cases over last 7 days)
Lanzarote: 388.08 (591)
Fuerteventura: 99.24 (116)
Gran Canaria: 95.98 (817)
El Hierro: 91.17 (10)
Tenerife: 53.39 (490)
La Gomera: 23.25 (5)
La Palma: 9.68 (8)
Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 169.08 (3,641 cases over last 14 days)
Lanzarote: 537.79 (819)
El Hierro: 255.29 (28)
Fuerteventura: 187.36 (219)
Gran Canaria: 165.29 (1,407)
Tenerife: 122.57 (1,125)
La Gomera: 60.46 (13)
La Palma: 36.29 (30)
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 291 (-9)
Covid patients in ICU: 56 (+1)
Home isolation: 7,720
PCR positive rate: 7.79% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 1.00 (needs to be below 1)
Vaccination: 39,339 doses administered
Deaths last 24 hours: 3
Tenerife: 2 (297)
El Hierro: 1 (3)
Total deaths: 465
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 16
Tenerife: 11
Gran Canaria: 4
La Palma: 1
Lanzarote: 0
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro:
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 8,067
Tenerife: 4,852 (+52)
Gran Canaria: 2,213 (+107)
Lanzarote: 757 (+71)
Fuerteventura: 205 (+11)
La Palma: 17 (-)
El Hierro: 13 (+1)
La Gomera: 10 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,169 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
2,012 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,457 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
697 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
262 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
248 in Arona (Tenerife)
152 in Adeje (Tenerife)
98 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
92 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
72 in Los Realejos (Tenerife)
54 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
36 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
24 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
12 in Valverde (El Hierro)
10 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)
7 in Breña Alta (La Palma)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.
