Covid weekly update: 8,786 new cases and 12 deaths this week
The downward trend of cases, incidence rates, and more importantly, hospital pressure, has slowed down this week...
Covid update: 1,790 new cases and 4 deaths today in the Canary Islands
Tenerife is now the most infected island with the most active cases…
The new Covid monitoring system will only count serious cases
The Interterritorial Council agree to take the first steps towards classing and treating Covid like a ‘flu'…
The Canary Islands adds 9,164 new cases and 15 deaths in the last week
The Government are focusing on hospital pressure to manage the pandemic, but cases will still be monitored closely...
WHO gives green light for molnupiravir, the first antiviral against Covid
It is recommended for patients who are at high risk of hospitalization and is important for long term management of the virus…
Covid update: New cases jump back up to over 2,000 and the R rate increases too
The R rate of contagion was as low as 0.47, but has now increased to 1.33…
Spain receives Novavax vaccine against Covid for people with allergies
This vaccine is recommended for people with allergies or who haven’t been vaccinated for other medical reasons…
Covid update: Canaries starts March with 1,801 new cases and 3 deaths
The Ministry of Health have confirmed yesterday’s epidemiological data this morning as it was a bank holiday...
Close contacts of those infected with Covid no longer have to quarantine
You are encouraged to act responsibly by wearing your mask around, and keeping your distance from, the infected person...
The Canaries end February with 866 new cases and another drop in active cases
Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 443, Tenerife has 317, Lanzarote 37, and Fuerteventura has 29...
Covid update: Active cases drop by almost 5,000 over the weekend
There have been 2,397 new cases and 8 deaths reported this weekend; 9,999 people have tested positive in last 7 days...
Covid update: The rebound in new cases and incidence rates continues
The 7-day incidence rate for the islands is back up to 437, and the 14-day rate is almost 700...
Covid update: The Canaries adds over 2,000 daily cases for the third day running
Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 965 followed by Tenerife with 824; there has also been three deaths...
Vaccination update: SCS teams have now administered 4,271,027 doses of Covid vaccines
83% of the target population, which now includes 5 to 11 year olds, have been full vaccinated...
New cases have increased sharply as self test results are now included in totals
Up until now they haven’t been included meaning that thousands of positives haven’t been reported in the 6th wave...
Covid update: New cases rebound to over 2,000 with five deaths
Incidence rates have increased, active cases have increased, and the positivity rate has increased, but hospitalisations are down…
Canaries has the highest hospital occupancy rate from Covid in the whole of Spain
As the sixth wave is declining so is the number of deaths; the islands have the sixth lowest 7-day incidence rate…
Covid update: Canaries starts the week with 659 new cases and two deaths
Here is the updated data for each of the islands…
Covid update: 294,000 eligible people in the Canaries have not yet been vaccinated
The Ministry of Health has reported 458 new cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours...
Covid update: No deaths today and hospital admissions drop by 15%
It’s the first time this year there’s been a day without any Covid deaths in the Canary Islands...
