The Ministry of Health have reported that the Canary Islands have finished the week with 855 new cases of coronavirus in the archipelago today, with 446 in Tenerife, 325 in Gran Canaria, 53 in Fuerteventura, 21 in Lanzarote, 8 in La Palma, 2 in La Gomera, and none in El Hierro. They have also confirmed two Covid related deaths, both of which were in Tenerife.
Even with 531 medical discharges there are now 13,210 active cases in the islands of which 433 are in wards, 84 are in ICU and 12,693 in home isolation. The R rate of contagion has reduced slightly to 1.12, however, the positivity rate of PCR tests has increased to 11.53%.
Other notable figures today, include the 14-day incidence rate in Tenerife which has reached 602.52, over twelve times the requirement to be classed as a safe destination for tourism. The IA7 in Gran Canaria is now almost 250 and catching up Tenerife (300) as the volume of cases increases, particularly in Las Palmas.
More locally, Arona has now passed Granadilla to be the most infected municipality in the south of Tenerife with 701 cases, and there are currently 2,095 active cases in the south of Tenerife.
Fuerteventura and Lanzarote have seemed to have stabilised the increase of new cases on their islands with approximately 50 a day in Fuerteventura and 20-something a day in Lanzarote, as their incidence rates have also fallen slightly, as you can see below.
Data for Friday 30th July 2021:
New cases: 855
Tenerife: 446
Gran Canaria: 325
Fuerteventura: 53
Lanzarote: 21
La Palma: 8
La Gomera: 2
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 247.06
(Cases last 7 days: 5,376)
Tenerife: 300.77
Gran Canaria: 247.10
Fuerteventura: 183.74
La Gomera: 124.55
La Palma: 104.24
Lanzarote: 82.79
El Hierro: 44.86
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 487.42
(Cases last 14 days: 10,523)
Tenerife: 602.52
Gran Canaria: 474.10
La Gomera: 382.88
Fuerteventura: 332.41
La Palma: 250.43
Lanzarote: 157.24
El Hierro: 152.51
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 433 (+10)
Covid patients in ICU: 84 (-3)
Home isolation: 12,693
R number: 1.12 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 11.53% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 2
Tenerife: 2 (463)
Total deaths: 820
Vaccination:
Total administered: 2,503,547 doses.
Immunised: 1,183,681 people (60.40%)
One dose: 1,478,547 people (75.41%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 531
Tenerife: 308
Gran Canaria: 188
La Palma: 18
Lanzarote: 11
Fuerteventura: 5
La Gomera: 1
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 13,210
Tenerife: 7,607 (+136)
Gran Canaria: 4,521 (+137)
Fuerteventura: 640 (+48)
Lanzarote: 212 (+10)
La Palma: 150 (-10)
La Gomera: 68 (+1)
El Hierro: 12 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
3,672 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
3,289 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,406 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
701 in Arona (Tenerife)
695 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
467 in Adeje (Tenerife)
326 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
228 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
200 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
196 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
183 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
133 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
118 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
125 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
64 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
29 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
