We know you don’t want to hear this, but the Covid pandemic is not over yet. Yes, yesterday the islands were all kept at Level 1 because indicators are at low or very low risk for the various islands, however, daily cases are increasing, active cases are increasing, the R rate of contagion is increasing, the positivity rate of testing is increasing, incidence rates are increasing, so it’s only a matter of time before hospitalisations increase too if we continue in the same way.
Latest data shows that the downward trend has now stopped and is actually seeing some parameters go up as daily cases reported today are 96 in the Canary Islands, of which 48 (50%) are in Tenerife, 30 are in Gran Canaria, 10 are in Lanzarote, 5 are in Fuerteventura, 2 in la Gomera, 1 in La Palma, and none in El Hierro.
Because of only 81 medical discharges, active cases have increased to 782 with 71 Covid patients in wards, 19 in ICU, and 627 in home isolation. There have also been two more Covid related deaths in Tenerife in the last 24 hours, which means that 1,003 people have now died with Covid in the Canaries since the pandemic began.
The message from the health authorities is very similar as in the UK if you want the pandemic to be over, winter is a critical time as viruses are more active during this period. If you haven’t been vaccinated yet, get it done, 100% of ICU admissions with Covid in the last two weeks were people not vaccinated. If you have been, make sure you get your booster when requested to, and keep following regulations, wear your mask, keep distance, and maybe not hug and kiss when you greet people!
Data for Friday 22nd October 2021:
New cases: 96
Tenerife: 48
Gran Canaria: 30
Lanzarote: 10
Fuerteventura: 5
La Gomera: 2
La Palma: 1
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 21.78
(Cases last 7 days: 474)
Lanzarote: 38.51
Fuerteventura: 24.22
Gran Canaria: 22.91
Tenerife: 20.03
La Gomera: 9.23
La Palma: 1.20
El Hierro: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 38.14
(Cases last 14 days: 832)
Lanzarote: 52.63
Fuerteventura: 43.43
Tenerife: 38.88
Gran Canaria: 38.46
La Gomera: 13.84
La Palma: 3.59
El Hierro: 0.00
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 71 (-1)
Covid patients in ICU: 19 (+2)
Home isolation: 627
R number: 0.98 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 2.44% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 2
Tenerife: 2 (575)
Total deaths: 1,003
Vaccination:
Total administered: 3,146,088
Fully vaccinated: 1,637,886 people (83.53%)
One dose: 1,667,904 people (85.06%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 81
Tenerife: 48
Gran Canaria: 24
Lanzarote: 7
La Palma: 2
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 782
Tenerife: 327 (-2)
Gran Canaria: 300 (+6)
Lanzarote: 89 (+3)
Fuerteventura: 62 (+5)
La Gomera: 2 (+2)
La Palma: 1 (-1)
El Hierro: 1 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
235 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
162 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
71 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
52 in Arona (Tenerife)
43 in Adeje (Tenerife)
39 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
34 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
32 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
12 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
11 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
10 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
9 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
7 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
3 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
2 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
1 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
1 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
