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Covid update: 872 new cases and 12 deaths in the Canary Islands
Covid update: 872 new cases and 12 deaths in the Canary Islands

The downward trend is continuing, and hospital occupancy of both ICU and wards has dropped by 5% in the last 24 hours...

Chemists can now supervise self-diagnosis tests and send the results
Chemists can now supervise self-diagnosis tests and send the results

The new diagnostic system, which aims to help relieve Primary Care in hospitals, started yesterday...

Covid update: 5 to 11-year-olds start with second jab; 800,000 have had booster
Covid update: 5 to 11-year-olds start with second jab; 800,000 have had booster

The Canaries finish the week with 1,136 new cases and 7 Covid related deaths…

Covid update: 5 deaths and another 1,312 new cases today
Covid update: 5 deaths and another 1,312 new cases today

Here is the updated data for all the islands…

Covid update: 1,240 new cases and 9 more deaths in the Canary Islands today
Covid update: 1,240 new cases and 9 more deaths in the Canary Islands today

The Ministry of Health has announced that Spain will start using a new drug against Covid from AstraZeneca...

Covid update: Hospital occupancy drops almost 5% in the last 24 hours
Covid update: Hospital occupancy drops almost 5% in the last 24 hours

Today there were 1,446 new cases of Covid detected and 9 deaths in the archipelago…

Covid update: The Canary Islands add 578 new cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours
Covid update: The Canary Islands add 578 new cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours

There are now 104,867 active cases in the islands, of which 81 are in ICU and 581 in wards...

Covid update: The Canaries add 1,147 new cases and three deaths today
Covid update: The Canaries add 1,147 new cases and three deaths today

Yesterday the SCS started vaccination of 5 to 11 years old at schools with the Vacuna Buses in Tenerife and Gran Canaria...

Covid update: Data continues to drop, but the deaths continue at a high rate
Covid update: Data continues to drop, but the deaths continue at a high rate

There were 1,476 new cases today and 11 deaths reported by the Ministry of Health…

Covid update: Vaccination starts in schools tomorrow with the Vacuna Buses
Covid update: Vaccination starts in schools tomorrow with the Vacuna Buses

They will give 100 jabs to children aged 5-11 in each location where parents have signed consent forms...

Covid update: incidence rates, hospital admissions, and the R rate have all dropped
Covid update: incidence rates, hospital admissions, and the R rate have all dropped

Today there were 1,378 new cases and eight deaths reported, but the data has dropped sharply again…

Covid update: The Canaries start February with 1,545 new cases and 9 deaths
Covid update: The Canaries start February with 1,545 new cases and 9 deaths

The Ministry of Health has received notification of 1,973 positive self-test results through their new website…

Covid update: Today is two years since the first case was detected in Spain
Covid update: Today is two years since the first case was detected in Spain

There have been 625 new cases today and 5 deaths as downward trend continues…

Covid update: 2,232 new cases and 29 deaths this weekend
Covid update: 2,232 new cases and 29 deaths this weekend

On the eve of the two year anniversary of Covid in Spain, this weekend has seen more deaths from the virus than any other...

The Canary Islands buy new monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid
The Canary Islands buy new monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid

These are new antiviral therapeutic alternative treatments that have been approved by the Spanish Medicines Agency...

Minister of Health: ‘All the data indicates that we have bent the curve’
Minister of Health: ‘All the data indicates that we have bent the curve’

The Spanish Government are starting to consider that the sixth wave of Covid is coming to an end...

Covid update: 12 more deaths as cases continue to drop in the islands
Covid update: 12 more deaths as cases continue to drop in the islands

Hospital pressure is still a concern as admissions continue to rise…

New website is launched to register positive self-diagnosis test results
New website is launched to register positive self-diagnosis test results

It is only for tests bought in chemists and aims to make the ‘alta’ and ‘baja’ for sick leave as easy as possible…

Covid update: 100,000 active cases in the islands, only four deaths today
Covid update: 100,000 active cases in the islands, only four deaths today

There have been 2,007 new cases today with the most in Gran Canaria again…

Covid update: 15 more deaths as cases and incidence rates drop again
Covid update: 15 more deaths as cases and incidence rates drop again

Tenerife now has the lowest 7-day incidence rate of just over 500 as the downward trend continues...