According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, the Canary Islands are now officially in their worst situation due to Covid since the pandemic began. Today has seen another record number of new infections, with 539 detected in the last 24 hours, the highest 7 and 14 day incidence rates, the highest contagion rate, and the highest positivity of PCR tests. Many will respond to this by saying that there were no deaths recorded, which is true, and hospitalizations are low, which is also true, but there are concerns.
In general there is less pressure on the health service, particularly in the islands in Level 1, which is to be expected, however, as you can see hospitals in Tenerife and Gran Canaria are starting to see increases in pressure and two are now in amber, whereas previously they were in green.
One of the reasons is that people are taking longer to recover from the Alpha and Delta variants of the virus, which is why medical discharges have been slower and the number of people in home isolation has increased, this also relates to the people in wards and ICU. Yes the numbers are lower, everyone agrees that, but this increase in recovery time coupled with the unknown of whether admissions will all of sudden go up (as they have in previous waves) is what is causing the SCS to be cautious.
As stated previously, the incident rates for the Canary Islands have reached an all time high today of 121.42 over 7 days and 201.29 over 14 days, with Tenerife’s at 316.07. This is primarily being caused by the rates of infection amongst young people under 29 who don’t yet have the shield of vaccination, and why it is important that they do get vaccinated as soon as possible. Latest data shows these 14 day incidence rates in the different age groups:
Under 11 years old: 177.53
12-19 years old: 351.51
20-29 years old: 415.89
30-39 years old: 268.22
40-49 years old: 145.65
50-59 years old: 80.74
60-69 years old: 76.99
70-79 years old: 42.06
Over 80 years old: 38.79
