The Ministry of Health has reported of the 800th death in the Canary Islands since the pandemic began, following the death of a 44-year-old man in Tenerife, who had no previous pathologies and his infection was associated with a family outbreak on the island.
Of the total number, 449 have been in Tenerife; 277 in Gran Canaria; 49 in Lanzarote; 13 in Fuerteventura; 7 on La Palma; 4 in El Hierro, and 1 in La Gomera.
As for the new cases today, the Archipelago has registered 596 cases in the last 24 hours, so that the total number of cases in the Islands now rises to 68,813 with 7,859 active, of which 46 are admitted to the ICU and 269 remain hospitalized with 7,542 in home isolation.
Data for Saturday 17th July 2021:
New cases: 596
Tenerife: 334
Gran Canaria: 199
La Palma: 21
Lanzarote: 19
Fuerteventura: 18
La Gomera: 4
El Hierro: 1
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 181.71
(Cases last 7 days: 3,954)
Tenerife: 231.85
Fuerteventura: 166.20
Gran Canaria: 159.44
La Palma: 122.22
La Gomera: 87.65
El Hierro: 80.74
Lanzarote: 68.03
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 310.85
(Cases last 14 days: 6,764)
Tenerife: 423.43
Fuerteventura: 299.00
Gran Canaria: 245.82
La Palma: 218.07
El Hierro: 179.42
La Gomera: 138.39
Lanzarote: 87.93
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 269 (+3)
Covid patients in ICU: 46 (-)
Home isolation: 7,542
R number: 1.20 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 10.21%
Deaths last 24 hours: 1
Tenerife: 1 (449)
Total deaths: 800
Vaccination: NO UPDATE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION
Total administered: 2,175,485 doses.
Immunised: 979,440 people (49.95%)
One dose: 1,298,921 people (66.25%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 132
Tenerife: 52
Gran Canaria: 43
La Palma: 28
Lanzarote: 5
El Hierro: 2
Fuerteventura: 1
La Gomera: 1
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 7,857
Tenerife: 4,930 (+281)
Gran Canaria: 2,219 (+156)
Fuerteventura: 374 (+17)
La Palma: 151 (-7)
Lanzarote: 137 (+14)
La Gomera: 29 (+3)
El Hierro: 17 (-1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,317 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,880 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
915 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
484 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
384 in Arona (Tenerife)
264 in Adeje (Tenerife)
210 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
120 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
95 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
76 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
56 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
56 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
47 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
45 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
14 in Valverde (El Hierro)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
