The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has reported 478 new cases of coronavirus today, the lowest figure since July 11th (409), after eight consecutive days of decrease in the number of infections, although there have also been five Covid deaths confirmed, one in Tenerife and four in Gran Canaria.
The number of infections reported today is 23% lower than that of Sunday last week, when 626 cases were confirmed (148 more). Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 237, followed by Tenerife with 196, Fuerteventura has 23, Lanzarote 17, there are two in La Palma and La Gomera, and 1 in El Hierro.
Yet again the incidence rates for the islands are showing a downward trend with the IA7 now at 203.73, and the IA14 457.64. Active cases in the islands have now passed 16,000 with Las Palmas being the most infected municipality with 4,944 active cases, almost a thousand more than Santa Cruz. The virus continues to spread in the south of Tenerife where there are now 2,607 active cases.
Data for Sunday 8th August 2021:
New cases: 478
Gran Canaria: 237
Tenerife: 196
Fuerteventura: 23
Lanzarote: 17
La Palma: 2
La Gomera: 2
El Hierro: 1
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 203.73
(Cases last 7 days: 4,433)
Tenerife: 234.55
Gran Canaria: 224.42
Fuerteventura: 146.16
El Hierro: 80.74
Lanzarote: 66.11
La Gomera: 55.36
La Palma: 43.14
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 457.64
(Cases last 14 days: 9,938)
Tenerife: 547.81
Gran Canaria: 479.24
Fuerteventura: 349.95
Lanzarote: 139.91
La Gomera: 138.39
El Hierro: 134.57
La Palma: 106.64
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 472 (+3)
Covid patients in ICU: 95 (+1)
Home isolation: 15,449
R number: 0.95 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 9.89% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 5
Gran Canaria: 4 (292)
Tenerife: 1 (483)
Total deaths: 853
Vaccination: NO UPDATE UNTIL MONDAY
Total administered: 2,637,607 doses.
Immunised: 1,252,257 people (63.90%)
One dose: 1,528,755 people (77.97%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 610
Gran Canaria: 58
Tenerife: 43
Lanzarote: 39
La Palma: 8
Fuerteventura: 1
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 16,016
Tenerife: 9,307 (+152)
Gran Canaria: 5,927 (+175)
Fuerteventura: 506 (+22)
Lanzarote: 163 (-22)
La Palma: 73 (-6)
La Gomera: 28 (+2)
El Hierro: 12 (+1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
4,944 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
3,950 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,671 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
898 in Arona (Tenerife)
811 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
586 in Adeje (Tenerife)
282 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
246 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
225 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
166 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
156 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
154 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
139 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
127 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
87 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
55 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
54 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
