_800_600.jpg "Covid update: New cases ’stabilise’ at 622 with two Covid deaths in Tenerife")
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands have confirmed 622 new cases of coronavirus today, of which Tenerife has the most with 346 followed by Gran Canaria with 232. The total number of accumulated cases in the Islands is now 70,614 with 8,756 active, of which 56 are admitted to ICU and 319 are hospitalized.
In the last 24 hours, they have reported of the death of 2 people in Tenerife, an 85-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman, the latter linked to the outbreak reported in the Virgen de Begoña II nursing home. Both suffered from previous pathologies and had been admitted to hospital for a long period of time.
They have also reported that the SCS have immunised over 1,000,000 people with full vaccination in the islands, and that over 18s in Tenerife and Gran Canaria can just turn for a vaccination slot without an appointment as they are pushing as hard as possible to reach 70% herd immunity as close to July 31st as possible.
Data for Tuesday 20th July 2021:
New cases: 622
Tenerife: 346
Gran Canaria: 232
La Palma: 13
Lanzarote: 13
La Gomera: 12
Fuerteventura: 6
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 200.42
(Cases last 7 days: 4,361)
Tenerife: 257.59
Gran Canaria: 177.32
Fuerteventura: 157.85
La Gomera: 133.78
La Palma: 128.21
Lanzarote: 76.37
El Hierro: 71.77
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 351.62
(Cases last 14 days: 7,640)
Tenerife: 460.15
Fuerteventura: 318.21
Gran Canaria: 297.13
La Palma: 276.79
La Gomera: 212.20
El Hierro: 179.42
Lanzarote: 101.40
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 319 (-)
Covid patients in ICU: 56 (+3)
Home isolation: 8,381
R number: 1.24 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 11.86%
Deaths last 24 hours: 2
Tenerife: 2 (453)
Total deaths: 804
Vaccination: Total administered: 2,251,591 doses.
Immunised: 1,011,586 people (51.59%)
One dose: 1,346,902people (68.69%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 430
Tenerife: 277
Gran Canaria: 124
La Palma: 16
El Hierro: 5
Lanzarote: 4
La Gomera: 3
Fuerteventura: 1
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 8,756
Tenerife: 5,399 (+67)
Gran Canaria: 2,613 (+108)
Fuerteventura: 383 (+5)
Lanzarote: 163 (+9)
La Palma: 152 (-3)
La Gomera: 36 (+9)
El Hierro: 10 (-5)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,540 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
2,216 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
988 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
540 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
406 in Arona (Tenerife)
305 in Adeje (Tenerife)
211 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
142 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
106 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
87 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
69 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
67 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
57 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
38 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
12 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
