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Spain receives Novavax vaccine against Covid for people with allergies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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%
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...

Covid update: The Canaries has 1,158 new cases and six more deaths today
Covid update: The Canaries has 1,158 new cases and six more deaths today

Four people died in Gran Canaria and two in Tenerife, aged between 45 and 93 years old...

Covid update: Canaries President claims that some islands will drop a level today
Covid update: Canaries President claims that some islands will drop a level today

Active cases have dropped in the islands again, as has the number of people in hospitals, as discharges exceed new cases…

The number of Covid patients in hospitals has reduced by 35% in February
The number of Covid patients in hospitals has reduced by 35% in February

Will the Canary Islands continue its progressive de-escalation today and change any levels for the islands?

Why have active cases in the Canary Islands dropped by 80% in 24 hours?
Why have active cases in the Canary Islands dropped by 80% in 24 hours?

The Canary Islands now have the second lowest 14-day incidence rate in the whole of Spain...

Covid update: Active cases drop by over 87,000 today in the Canary Islands
Covid update: Active cases drop by over 87,000 today in the Canary Islands

There have been 598 new cases and six deaths today, as this data adjustment is the first big sign that 6th wave is ending…

Covid continues to fall in the Canary Islands: 459 new cases and 6 deaths
Covid continues to fall in the Canary Islands: 459 new cases and 6 deaths

Incidence rates have dropped again, Lanzarote and Tenerife both now have an IA7 of less than 200...