The Canary Islands has registered 330 new cases of coronavirus today and is consolidating the downward trend of the last two weeks by adding 104 fewer cases than last Tuesday. With 483 people discharged the islands now have 15,724 active cases (156 less than yesterday) of which 107 are admitted to Intensive Care, 425 are in the hospital wards (19 more than yesterday), and 15,192 are in home isolation. The number of Covid patients hospitalized in the Canary Islands has fallen 5.9% in the last week.
The Ministry of Health has also confirmed three more Covid related deaths today, two in Gran Canaria and one in Tenerife, raising the total number of fatalities to 885. The deceased in Gran Canaria are a 49-year-old woman and an 87-year-old man, the latter associated with a social outbreak, and a 91- year-old woman in Tenerife. All three suffered from previous pathologies and were admitted to hospital.
By islands, Tenerife had the most new cases today with 179 followed by Gran Canaria with 117. There were 18 detected in Fuerteventura, 13 in Lanzarote, 3 in La Palma, and none in either La Gomera or El Hierro.
Data for Tuesday 17th August 2021:
New cases: 330
Tenerife: 179
Gran Canaria: 117
Fuerteventura: 18
Lanzarote: 13
La Palma: 3
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 123.21
(Cases last 7 days: 2,681)
Tenerife: 133.64
Gran Canaria: 131.97
Fuerteventura: 131.96
Lanzarote: 73.81
La Palma: 34.75
La Gomera: 32.29
El Hierro: 17.94
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 312.46
(Cases last 14 days: 6,795)
Tenerife: 350.20
Gran Canaria: 340.49
Fuerteventura: 272.27
Lanzarote: 143.76
El Hierro: 80.74
La Palma: 73.09
La Gomera: 64.58
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 425 (+19)
Covid patients in ICU: 107 (+2)
Home isolation: 15,190
R number: 0.82 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 8.68% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 3
Tenerife: 1 (499)
Gran Canaria: 2 (304)
Total deaths: 885
Vaccination:
Total administered: 2,783,279 doses.
Immunised: 1,348,584 people (68.80%)
One dose: 1,586,348 people (80.90%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 483
Gran Canaria: 231
Tenerife: 202
Fuerteventura: 34
Lanzarote: 12
La Palma: 2
La Gomera: 1
El Hierro: 1
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 15,722
Tenerife: 9,028 (-24)
Gran Canaria: 5,976 (-116)
Fuerteventura: 474 (-16)
Lanzarote: 188 (+1)
La Palma: 44 (+1)
La Gomera: 9 (-1)
El Hierro: 3 (-1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
5,058 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
3,940 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,653 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
888 in Arona (Tenerife)
728 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
557 in Adeje (Tenerife)
278 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
231 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
185 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
160 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
157 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
155 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
151 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
110 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
79 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
51 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
49 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
