The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has notified of 159 new cases of Covid-19 today, taking the total accumulated cases to 39,651 with 6,148 active, of which 85 are admitted to ICU and 291 in hospital wards. Also in the last 24 hours they have reported of three Covid related deaths in the Islands, all men aged 80, 81 and 89, two in Lanzarote and one in Gran Canaria.
The Accumulated Incidence rate over 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 47.83 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and over 14 days at 108.71 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, both decreasing over the weekend.
By islands, Gran Canaria has the most cases again today with 78 new positives, meaning that 16,242 people have tested positive on the island since the pandemic began, compared to 16,618 in Tenerife who have added 60 new cases today.
Lanzarote continues in the right direction with only 13 new cases today, and Fuerteventura justifies its move into level 1 with just 7 new infections. In the other islands, El Hierro has registered one new case, and La Palma and La Gomera have no new cases on either island.
To date, a total of 852,940 PCR tests have been carried out in the Islands, of which 2,692 correspond to yesterday with a positivity rate of 5.53% for the islands.
Data for Monday 22nd February 2021:
New cases:
Total: 159
Gran Canaria: 78 (49%)
Tenerife: 60 (38%)
Lanzarote: 13
Fuerteventura: 7
El Hierro: 1
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 47.83
El Hierro: 127.64
Lanzarote: 65.66
Gran Canaria: 52.39
Tenerife: 44.67
Fuerteventura: 44.49
La Palma: 9.68
La Gomera: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 108.71
El Hierro: 501.46
Lanzarote: 221.95
Gran Canaria: 122.41
Fuerteventura: 92.40
Tenerife: 83.67
La Palma: 33.87
La Gomera: 9.30
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 291 (+3)
Covid patients in ICU: 85 (+2)
Home isolation: 5,772
PCR positive rate: 5.53% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.94 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 3
Lanzarote: 2 (38)
Gran Canaria: 1 (183)
Total deaths: 576
Vaccination:
Total administered: 115,542
Two doses: 48,759
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 260
Gran Canaria: 167
Tenerife: 59
Lanzarote: 27
La Palma: 5
Fuerteventura: 1
El Hierro: 1
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 6,148
Gran Canaria: 3,416 (-90)
Tenerife: 2,244:(+1)
Lanzarote: 308 (-16)
Fuerteventura: 141 (+6)
El Hierro: 20 (-)
La Palma: 17 (-5)
La Gomera: 2 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
3,084 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,310 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
427 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
287 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
107 in Adeje (Tenerife)
87 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
80 in Arona (Tenerife)
77 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
76 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
22 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
19 in Valverde (El Hierro)
18 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
8 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.
