Covid update: 2,957 new cases and 8 deaths the day before Christmas Eve


Covid update: 2,957 new cases and 8 deaths the day before Christmas Eve

The Canary Islands have added 2,957 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, so that the total of accumulated cases in the archipelago rises to 125,835, and the Ministry of Health have confirmed the death of eight people, two in Tenerife and six in Gran Canaria, between 58 and 92 years old. All the deceased had previous pathologies and were already admitted to hospital.

Once again Tenerife has the most new infections with 1,855 (62.7%), Gran Canaria has 766, Lanzarote has 161, Fuerteventura has 84, La Palma 57, La Gomera has 19, and El Hierro has 15.

Regarding the active cases, there are now 21,595 people with Covid in the archipelago, of which 54 are admitted to ICU, 301 are hospitalized, and 21,240 are in home isolation, even after 410 people have been medically discharged.

With today’s figures, the accumulated incidence rate over 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 610.03 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and over 14 days at 868.54 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the highest it has ever been.

Data for Thursday 23rd December 2021:
(updates are against yesterday’s figures)

New cases: 2,957

Tenerife: 1,855

Gran Canaria: 766

Lanzarote: 161

Fuerteventura: 84

La Palma: 57

La Gomera: 19

El Hierro: 15

 

Current Incidence rate (IA7): 610.12

(Cases last 7 days: 13,276)

Tenerife: 938.61

Fuerteventura: 408.41

Gran Canaria: 369.01

Lanzarote: 375.45

La Gomera: 345.97

La Palma: 250.43

 

Current Incidence rate (IA14): 868.63

(Cases last 14 days: 18,893)

Tenerife: 1,287.31

Fuerteventura: 736.65

Gran Canaria: 559.43

Lanzarote: 541.04

El Hierro: 484.44

La Gomera: 419.78

La Palma: 346.28

 

General:

Covid patients in hospital: 301(+7)

Covid patients in ICU: 54 (-4)

Home isolation: 21,238

R number: 1.73 (needs to be below 1)

PCR test positivity rate: 17.49% (should be below 4.5%)


Vaccination: 

Total administered: 3,659,379

Fully vaccinated: 1,684,838 people (80.32%*)

One dose: 1,747,441 people (83.30%*)

Children aged 5-11: 23,126 (16.89%)

Booster doses: 373,156

*population target has been adjusted to include everyone over 5 years old.


Deaths last 24 hours: 8

Tenerife: 2 (619)

Gran Canaria: 6 (383)

Total deaths: 1,104


Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 410

Tenerife: 258

Gran Canaria: 117

Lanzarote: 18

La Palma: 10

El Hierro: 6

La Gomera: 1

Fuerteventura: 0


Total Active cases per island:

Total: 21,593

Tenerife: 12,987 (+1595)

Gran Canaria: 5,975 (+643)

Fuerteventura: 1,462 (+84)

Lanzarote: 767 (+143)

La Palma: 264 (+47)

La Gomera: 90 (+18)

El Hierro: 48 (+9*)

 

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:

5,770 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)

4,874 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) 

2,980 in La Laguna (Tenerife)

796 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)

617 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)

505 in Arona (Tenerife)

456 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)

417 in Adeje (Tenerife)

364 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)

335 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)

271 in Telde (Gran Canaria)

210 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)

204 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)

158 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)

64 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)

61 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)

34 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)

(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)

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