According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, today is the first time in the last week that Tenerife has recorded less than 200 daily cases of Covid-19, with 187 (53%) of the 353 detected in the last 24 hours. There is a spike in Gran Canaria with 130 new cases today, 52 of which are from an outbreak at a BBQ, the largest recorded in the islands.
Fuerteventura continues to see an upward trend in incidence with 22 new cases, whereas the rest of the islands only have 7 in La Palma, 6 in Lanzarote, 1 in La Gomera, and none in El Hierro.
As is the current trend, no Covid related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, however, ICU occupancy has increased by 15% to 38 Covid patients, and 220 people are now in Covid wards in hospitals. Also, the R rate of contagion has increased again to 1.21 as the virus continues to spread.
The Ministry has also registered 114 new outbreaks this week with 765 associated cases, of which 66 have occurred in Tenerife, 37 in Gran Canaria, nine in Fuerteventura, one in Lanzarote and one in El Hierro. Almost half of these (55) are social outbreaks, 25 are in the work environment, 22 in families, 6 in socially vulnerable groups, three educational and three sports-related.
Notable outbreaks in the islands are the social BBQ one in Gran Canaria with 52 cases; a work-related one with 42 positives in Gran Canaria; a social outbreak with 21 positives declared in a pub in Fuerteventura; a sports one in Tenerife with 18 cases; two social (one in Tenerife and one in Gran Canaria) each with 17 positives; one social with 15 affected in a leisure place in El Hierro; and a workplace in Gran Canaria that has 14 people infected.
Authorities are concerned about further outbreaks in Playa Del Ingles after videos emerged on social media showing hundreds of partygoers ignoring Covid protocols. (see main image above)
In the video, partygoers are dancing and singing in one of the premises of Annex II of Playa del Inglés before the gaze of amazed passers-by and customers from other venues who see and record what is happening from the avenue. Police are investigating the premises in question.
