The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands have reported that cases have reduced by over 300 in the last 24 hours, with 717 detected today of which 341 are in Tenerife, 300 are in Gran Canaria, 38 in La Palma, 19 in Fuerteventura, 12 in Lanzarote, 6 in La Gomera and 1 in El Hierro.
In addition, there were two new Covid related deaths confirmed, one in Gran Canaria and another in Tenerife, bringing the sum of people killed by Covid-19 to 808. In the last week, eight people living in the islands have lost their lives to the virus.
In total there are now 11,015 active cases in the islands of which 362 are in hospital on wards, 63 are in ICU and 10,590 are in home isolation. Also Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is now the most infected municipality having more active cases than Santa de Tenerife.
The young people of Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and La Palma were out in force this morning for mass vaccination without an appointment in the four islands. Over 2,000 had their first jab in the first hour that centres were open. There are over 21,000 doses available today and tomorrow from 9am to 7pm in Magma, the Recinto Ferial, Dr Negrin Hospital, and in Expomeloneras, where anyone aged 18 to 29 can turn up without an appointment and be vaccinated.
Data for Saturday 24th July 2021:
New cases: 717
Tenerife: 341
Gran Canaria: 300
La Palma: 38
Fuerteventura: 19
Lanzarote: 12
La Gomera: 6
El Hierro: 1
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 235.71
(Cases last 7 days: 5,129)
Tenerife: 293.77
La Gomera: 267.55
Gran Canaria: 224.19
La Palma: 167.75
Fuerteventura: 143.65
El Hierro: 107.65
Lanzarote: 64.82
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 423.49
(Cases last 14 days: 9,203)
Tenerife: 535.10
Gran Canaria: 388.65
La Gomera: 355.20
Fuerteventura: 311.53
La Palma: 289.97
El Hierro: 179.42
Lanzarote: 134.14
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 362 (+5)
Covid patients in ICU: 63 (+3)
Home isolation: 10,590
R number: 1.25 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 11.52%
Deaths last 24 hours: 2
Tenerife: 1 (456)
Gran Canaria: 1 (278)
Total deaths: 808
Vaccination:
Total administered: 2,360,088 doses.
Immunised: 1,075,391 people (54.85%)
One dose: 1,395,864 people (71.19%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 93
Gran Canaria: 39
Tenerife: 22
Lanzarote: 18
La Palma: 13
La Gomera: 1
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 11,015
Tenerife: 6,522 (+318)
Gran Canaria: 3,604 (+260)
Fuerteventura: 438 (+19)
La Palma: 192 (+25)
Lanzarote: 171 (-6)
La Gomera: 73 (+5)
El Hierro: 15 (+1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,953 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
2,896 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,154 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
642 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
584 in Arona (Tenerife)
395 in Adeje (Tenerife)
239 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
176 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
147 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
143 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
111 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
93 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
83 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
52 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
25 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
