The Canary Islands has finished August by adding 159 new cases of coronavirus (63 less than last Tuesday) and continues the downward trend that started 29 days ago on the 2nd of the month. The islands currently have 13,073 active cases (333 less than yesterday) of which 70 are admitted to Intensive Care, 368 are in hospital wards, and 12,635 are in home isolation, according to the data updated by the Canary Islands Health Service.
They have also notified of three Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, two in Tenerife and one in Lanzarote, that raise the total of victims from the beginning of the pandemic to 936. The deceased are two men in Tenerife aged 94 and 70 years old and another in Lanzarote aged 60.
The Accumulated Incidence rate over 7 days has now dropped to 59.88 per 100,000 inhabitants and the IA14 is at 144.63. As you can see below, the incidence rates in all of the islands are dropping now, as are the occupancy rates of hospital and ICU beds with Covid patients, which should lead to Tenerife being reduced to Level 3 on Thursday, as the island has now been in Level 4 longer than any other during the pandemic.
Of the new cases today, Gran Canaria has added the most with 77, followed by Tenerife with 64, Lanzarote registers 10 new infections, Fuerteventura adds another 7 new cases, with 1 in La Gomera, and none in La Palma or El Hierro.
Data for Tuesday 31st August 2021:
New cases: 159
Gran Canaria: 77
Tenerife: 64
Lanzarote: 10
Fuerteventura: 7
La Gomera: 1
El Hierro: 0
La Palma: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 59.88
(Cases last 7 days: 1,304)
Fuerteventura: 71.83
Tenerife: 66.77
Gran Canaria: 58.68
El Hierro: 53.83
Lanzarote: 46.21
La Palma: 16.77
La Gomera: 13.84
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 144.63
(Cases last 14 days: 3,149)
Fuerteventura: 173.72
Tenerife: 154.96
Gran Canaria: 149.03
El Hierro: 116.62
Lanzarote: 107.82
La Palma: 41.94
La Gomera: 41.52
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 368 (-4)
Covid patients in ICU: 70 (-6)
Home isolation: 12,635
R number: 0.79 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 6.70% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 3
Tenerife: 2 (531)
Lanzarote: 1 (50)
Total deaths: 936
Vaccination:
Total administered: 2,982,723
Fully vaccinated: 1,521,217 people (77.58%)
One dose: 1,623,238 people (82.79%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 489
Tenerife: 271
Gran Canaria: 204
Fuerteventura: 0
Lanzarote: 6
La Palma: 4
La Gomera: 4
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 13,073
Tenerife: 7,942 (-209)
Gran Canaria: 4,733 (-127)
Fuerteventura: 220 (+7)
Lanzarote: 146 (+3)
La Palma: 19 (-4)
El Hierro: 9 (-)
La Gomera: 4 (-3)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
4,066 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
3,541 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,425 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
796 in Arona (Tenerife)
617 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
522 in Adeje (Tenerife)
173 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
173 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
130 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
127 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
123 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
96 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
91 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
58 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
57 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
36 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
15 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
