Covid update: Only 94 new cases and 1 death in the Canary Islands today
The Canary Islands has recorded a total of 94 new cases of Covid in the last 24 hours, which is 21 positives less compared to the previous day, in which 115 infections were recorded. In addition, there was another Covid related death on the island of Gran Canaria, taking the total to 758 people who lost their lives since the beginning of the pandemic.
Of the cases, 44 are in Tenerife, 26 are in Lanzarote, 23 in Gran Canaria, and 1 in La Gomera, with no new cases detected in Fuerteventura, La Palma or El Hierro.
There are always less medical discharges at the weekend, and today only 37 people have been signed off, so active cases have risen slightly to 2,608 with 54 of those in ICU, 229 in Covid wards, and 2,325 in home isolation.
60% of the people hospitalized due to Covid are in hospitals in Tenerife, while in Fuerteventura, La Gomera and El Hierro, there are no Covid patients admitted to hospital, as all are being monitored at home.
Data for Sunday 16th May 2021:
New cases: 94
Tenerife: 44 (49%)
Lanzarote: 26 (28%)
Gran Canaria: 23
La Gomera: 1
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro: 0
La Palma: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 38.37
(Cases last 7 days: 835)
Lanzarote: 90.49
El Hierro: 62.80
Tenerife: 49.64
Gran Canaria: 24.08
La Gomera: 9.23
Fuerteventura: 9.19
La Palma: 8.39
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 80.70
(Cases last 14 days: 1,755)
Lanzarote: 163.02
Tenerife: 103.17
El Hierro: 71.77
Gran Canaria: 58.09
La Gomera: 23.06
Fuerteventura: 19.21
La Palma: 11.98
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 229 (+6)
Covid patients in ICU: 54 (-7)
Home isolation: 2,325
PCR positive rate: 3.32% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.95 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 1
Gran Canaria 1 (266)
Total deaths: 758
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Vaccination:
NO UPDATE ON A SUNDAY
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 37
Lanzarote: 26
Gran Canaria: 6
Tenerife: 4
La Palma: 1
El Hierro: 0
Fuerteventura: 0
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 2,608
Tenerife: 1,703 (+40)
Gran Canaria: 661 (+16)
Lanzarote: 204 (-)
Fuerteventura: 18 (-)
La Palma: 10 (-1)
El Hierro: 7 (-)
La Gomera: 5 (+1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
888 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
611 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
448 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
190 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
83 in Adeje (Tenerife)
54 in Arona (Tenerife)
28 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
27 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
26 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
18 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
9 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
9 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
9 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
5 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas.
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