The Canary Islands have now exceeded 86,000 people infected with coronavirus since the pandemic began, by adding 602 new cases today, half of which are in Gran Canaria whose data is increasing whilst Tenerife’s continues to decrease. The Ministry of Health have also reported of 5 more Covid related deaths, 3 in Tenerife and 2 in Gran Canaria.
By Islands, Gran Canaria has registered 301 new cases today whereas Tenerife has added 233; Fuerteventura 40; Lanzarote 20; 7 in La Palma; 1 in El Hierro 1, and none in La Gomera.
586 people have been medically discharged, so active cases stand at 15,577 with 471 Covid patients in wards and 100 in ICU with 15,006 in home isolation. Even though there is an increase in cases today, incidence rates have continued to drop because of the 7-day and 14-day numbers to 177.53 and 422.94 respectively.
Data for Wednesday 11th August 2021:
New cases: 602
Gran Canaria: 301
Tenerife: 233
Fuerteventura: 40
Lanzarote: 20
La Palma: 7
El Hierro: 1
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 177.53
(Cases last 7 days: 3,863)
Tenerife: 200.73
Gran Canaria: 196.49
Fuerteventura: 144.49
Lanzarote: 69.96
El Hierro: 44.86
La Palma: 32.35
La Gomera: 18.45
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 422.94
(Cases last 14 days: 9,175)
Tenerife: 490.52
Gran Canaria: 455.86
Fuerteventura: 340.76
Lanzarote: 141.84
El Hierro: 125.59
La Gomera: 106.10
La Palma: 98.25
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 471 (-4)
Covid patients in ICU: 100 (+1)
Home isolation: 15,006
R number: 0.90 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 8.01% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 5
Tenerife: 3 (487)
Gran Canaria: 2 (298)
Total deaths: 864
Vaccination: NO UPDATE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION
Total administered: 2,688,657 doses.
Immunised: 1,281,562 people (65.36%)
One dose: 1,554,501 people (79.28%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 586
Tenerife: 324
Gran Canaria: 238
Lanzarote: 13
La Palma: 8
La Gomera: 3
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 15,577
Tenerife: 9,045 (-94)
Gran Canaria: 5,895 (+61)
Fuerteventura: 392 (+40)
Lanzarote: 170 (+7)
La Palma: 56 (-1)
El Hierro: 12 (+1)
La Gomera: 7 (-3)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
4,948 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
3,856 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,658 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
880 in Arona (Tenerife)
759 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
572 in Adeje (Tenerife)
278 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
243 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
158 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
155 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
155 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
150 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
121 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
129 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
83 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
57 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
53 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
