Covid update: 55 new cases and no deaths for second day running
The latest data from the Ministry of Health shows that 96,058 people in the Canary Islands have now tested positive for coronavirus after 55 new cases in the last 24 hours, with just 2 people medically discharged. This means that there has been an increase in active cases to 766, of which 72 Covid patients are in hospital wards and 22 are in ICU with 672 in home isolation.
Of the new cases today, 23 are in Gran Canaria, 22 are in Tenerife, 8 are in Lanzarote, 2 in Fuerteventura, and none in La Palma, La Gomera, or El Hierro. Currently, 84.91% of the target population over the age of 12 have received at least one vaccine, with 83.26% fully vaccinated as the third booster jab is being administered to the most vulnerable in nursing homes before starting on the age groups on October 25th.
Data for Sunday 17th October 2021:
New cases: 55
Gran Canaria: 23
Tenerife: 22
Lanzarote: 8
Fuerteventura: 2
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 15.63
(Cases last 7 days: 340)
Fuerteventura: 21.72
Lanzarote: 17.33
Gran Canaria: 16.01
Tenerife: 15.72
La Gomera: 4.61
La Palma: 2.40
El Hierro: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 33.36
(Cases last 14 days: 725)
Lanzarote: 48.13
Fuerteventura: 42.60
Tenerife: 34.78
Gran Canaria: 31.44
El Hierro: 17.94
La Palma: 4.79
La Gomera: 4.61
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General:
Covid patients in hospital: 72 (-1)
Covid patients in ICU: 22 (-)
Home isolation: 672
R number: 0.89 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 1.67% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 0
Total deaths: 998
Vaccination:
Total administered: 3,138,661
Fully vaccinated: 1,632,468 people (83.26%)
One dose: 1,664,977 people (84.91%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 2
Tenerife: 1
Lanzarote: 1
Gran Canaria: 0
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Fuerteventura: 0
La Palma: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 766
Tenerife: 384 (+21)
Gran Canaria: 274 (+23)
Lanzarote: 62 (+7)
Fuerteventura: 42 (+2)
La Palma: 3 (-)
El Hierro: 1 (-)
La Gomera: 0 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
236 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
196 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
62 in Arona (Tenerife)
48 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
46 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
44 in Adeje (Tenerife)
21 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
12 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
9 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
8 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
8 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
8 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
5 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
4 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
4 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
1 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
1 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
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