It has been confirmed that Tenerife has dropped to alert level 1 due to coronavirus for the first time since February. The rest of the islands remain at the same level at the epidemiological traffic light: Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro, at Level 1, and Fuerteventura, at Level 2.
In the last week, the average of new cases by COVID-19 has fallen by 22% and the trend of the last fifteen days is decreasing.
Fuerteventura continues at level 2 for at least one more week, until the decline in its health indicators is consolidated.
The change comes into effect from midnight tonight.
The weekly report of the General Directorate of Public Health reflects that between September 29th and October 5th, 446 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Canary Islands, which represents a decrease of 22% in the daily average compared to the previous week. This decrease has occurred in a similar way in the whole of the Islands.
The IA7 for the islands as a whole has decreased by 8.2%, in accordance with the decrease in the number of cases. In general, the trend of the last fifteen days is decreasing and the daily average of the IA14 has also decreased in all the Islands and, therefore, for the archipelago as a whole, by 12%.
This favourable evolution places the Canary Islands below the country's average in both incidence rates, which is in seventh position in the national ranking. The Accumulated Incidence at 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 20.50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 14 days, at 46.97 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The cumulative incidence rate of COVID-19 cases in the last week is 3.9 times higher in the population that has not been vaccinated compared to the rate in the population that has been.
Hospital pressure:
Regarding the healthcare pressure indicators, it should be noted that the number of beds in wards occupied by COVID-19 patients has decreased by around 28.3% compared to the previous week, with an average of 91 beds occupied each day. In all the islands, the percentage of occupancy is at a very low risk level, while the number of occupied ICU beds continues and consolidates the decline that began six weeks ago.
The median age of all people hospitalized for COVID-19 in the last 14 days is 52 years old, with a decrease of 19 years compared to the previous evaluation.
