Covid update: 117 new cases, no deaths, incidence rates drop for the islands
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has confirmed 117 new cases of coronavirus today, taking the total number of cases in the Canary Islands to 56,108 with 1,777 active, of which 43 are admitted to ICU and 208 remain hospitalized. In the last 24 hours there have been no Covid related deaths detected in the Islands.
Tenerife continues to be the most infected island and has the most new cases again with 72 (61%) today, followed by 25 in Lanzarote, 19 in Gran Canaria, 1in Fuerteventura, and none in La Palma, La Gomera, or El Hierro. The Accumulated Incidence rate over 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 35.20 and over 14 days in 77.30 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
They have also confirmed that the outbreak that in El Hierro that caused the spike in cases, is officially closed today by the General Directorate of Public Health, and it is expected that the last person active from this outbreak will be medically discharged in the next few days.
Data for Friday 28th May 2021:
New cases: 117
Tenerife: 72 (61%)
Lanzarote: 25 (21%)
Gran Canaria: 19
Fuerteventura: 1
La Palma: 0
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 35.20
(Cases last 7 days: 766)
Lanzarote: 89.85
Tenerife: 45.12
Fuerteventura: 24.22
Gran Canaria: 20.22
La Palma: 5.99
El Hierro: 0.00
La Gomera: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 77.30
(Cases last 14 days: 1,682)
Lanzarote: 186.05
Tenerife: 96.92
Gran Canaria: 49.33
Fuerteventura: 36.75
La Palma: 26.36
El Hierro: 8.97
La Gomera: 0.00
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General:
Covid patients in hospital: 208 (-7)
Covid patients in ICU: 43 (-2)
Home isolation: 1,526
PCR positive rate: 3.63% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.98 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 0
Total deaths: 766
Vaccination:
Total administered: 1,032,744 doses.
Immunised: 321,450 people.
Target: 1,871,033 (adult population over 16)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 66
Tenerife: 34
Gran Canaria: 20
Lanzarote: 11
La Palma: 1
Fuerteventura: 0
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 1,777
Tenerife: 1,037 (+38)
Gran Canaria: 445 (-1)
Lanzarote: 228 (+14)
Fuerteventura: 47 (+1)
La Palma: 19 (-1)
El Hierro: 1 (-)
La Gomera: 0 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
563 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
415 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
267 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
216 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
51 in Adeje (Tenerife)
39 in Arona (Tenerife)
31 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
25 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
9 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
8 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
7 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
7 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
6 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
6 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas.