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Covid update: 2,495 new cases and 14 more deaths in the islands today
Covid update: 2,495 new cases and 14 more deaths in the islands today

Incidence rates and daily cases are still following a downward trend, but hospital pressure is still very high risk…

Can I get discharged from home isolation without seeing a doctor?
Can I get discharged from home isolation without seeing a doctor?

Yes you can. The Ministry of Health now has an automated system for people under the age of 45…

Covid update: Cases continue to drop but hospital pressure and deaths continue to increase
Covid update: Cases continue to drop but hospital pressure and deaths continue to increase

This month now has the highest death toll from Covid during the whole pandemic with 200 already dead so far…

Covid update: 4,000 new cases and 24 deaths over the weekend in the Canaries
Covid update: 4,000 new cases and 24 deaths over the weekend in the Canaries

There were 2,561 new cases yesterday and 1,394 today as they continue to slowly decrease...

New cases and incidence rates continue to drop in the Canary Islands
New cases and incidence rates continue to drop in the Canary Islands

Yesterday there were 35% less new cases than the Friday before...

Wearing masks on planes cuts risk of catching Covid by up to 12 times
Wearing masks on planes cuts risk of catching Covid by up to 12 times

They studied how far virus-laden droplets could travel and infect people and the differences between wearing a mask or not...

Covid update: Daily cases and incidence rates drop again in the Canaries
Covid update: Daily cases and incidence rates drop again in the Canaries

Today there are 3,276 new cases of Covid, which is less than half of those last Thursday…

Covid update: Incidence rates are falling for the first time since November
Covid update: Incidence rates are falling for the first time since November

The Ministry of Health has reported 4,546 new cases today, 2,223 less than last Wednesday, and 11 deaths…

Covid update: 5,549 new cases and 5 more deaths in the Canaries
Covid update: 5,549 new cases and 5 more deaths in the Canaries

An infant under 2 years old is in hospital in Lanzarote with Covid…

Over 30’s can now get their booster jab, wait since last one has reduced to 5 months
Over 30’s can now get their booster jab, wait since last one has reduced to 5 months

The waiting time since your second jab, or if you’ve had Covid, have been changed…

Active cases drop today with more people discharged than diagnosed for Covid
Active cases drop today with more people discharged than diagnosed for Covid

Over 615,000 people have now had their booster jab, and 59,000 5-11 year old children have had their first one…

Covid update: The Canaries add 2,511 new cases and 10 deaths this Sunday
Covid update: The Canaries add 2,511 new cases and 10 deaths this Sunday

Latest data shows that the Canary Islands has the lowest mortality rate from Covid in all of Spain...

Covid update: 15 more deaths make this month the most fatal of the pandemic
Covid update: 15 more deaths make this month the most fatal of the pandemic

January is now the month with the most deaths in it with 123, even though only half way through...

Covid update: New cases drop to 4,326 but with 14 deaths today
Covid update: New cases drop to 4,326 but with 14 deaths today

Gran Canaria has the most new cases today with 1,907, Tenerife has 1,555, Lanzarote has 338, and Fuerteventura has 172…

Covid update: Has the peak of this wave been reached with another 6,000 cases?
Covid update: Has the peak of this wave been reached with another 6,000 cases?

There have been 6,731 new daily cases and 10 more Covid related deaths reported in the last 24 hours...

Price of Antigen tests is now set to a maximum of 2.94 euros
Price of Antigen tests is now set to a maximum of 2.94 euros

A maximum price has been set by the government in the same way as it was for masks...

Over 200, 000 people have had Covid in the Canaries and 1,224 have died
Over 200, 000 people have had Covid in the Canaries and 1,224 have died

Hospitals cannot cope with the number of new patients, the Insular-Maternal hospital in Las Palmas has 223 staff off with Covid…

New UK study shows places where you are most likely to catch Covid
New UK study shows places where you are most likely to catch Covid

According to the 'Virus Watch' study, carried out by the University London College, shopping records the highest number of cases...

Covid update: New record of daily cases with 6,841 in the last 24 hours
Covid update: New record of daily cases with 6,841 in the last 24 hours

Tenerife has 3,573 new cases today, Gran Canaria has 2,105, there are 509 in Lanzarote, and 336 in Fuerteventura…

There is now the highest number of Covid patients in hospitals since the pandemic began
There is now the highest number of Covid patients in hospitals since the pandemic began

More cases is leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, both are at their highest rates since the pandemic began…