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

The Ministry of Health have informed of 2,561 new cases on Saturday and 1,394 today as numbers are continuing to show a downward trend in the Canary Islands. However, the bad news is that 24 people have died from the virus (10 on Saturday and 14 today) taking the death toll to 1,335 since the pandemic began.

Due to the decrease in cases, incidence rates are still dropping, with the IA7 for islands now below 1,000 as it is also is for Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and La Gomera.

The only concerning stat, regarding a drop in Level, is the continued increase of people being admitted to hospital due to Covid. There are now 599 people in conventional beds and 86 in ICU as the pressure continues on hospitals and health workers.

Data for Sunday 23rd January 2022:
(updates are against yesterday’s figures)

New cases: 1,394

Gran Canaria: 852

Tenerife: 354

Lanzarote: 47

Fuerteventura: 46

La Palma: 39

El Hierro: 35

La Gomera: 21

 

Current Incidence rate (IA7): 954.25

(Cases last 7 days: 20,764)

El Hierro: 2,556.74

La Palma: 1,417.48

Gran Canaria: 1,071.39

Fuerteventura: 955.47

Lanzarote: 888.89

Tenerife: 804.33

La Gomera: 608.91

Current Incidence rate (IA14): 2,591.65

(Cases last 14 days: 56,207)

El Hierro: 4,449.63

La Palma: 3,786.34

Lanzarote: 2,675.56

Gran Canaria: 2,592.92

Tenerife: 2,495.36

Fuerteventura: 2,406.21

La Gomera: 1,526.89

General:

Covid patients in hospital: 599 (+20)

Covid patients in ICU: 86 (+2)

Home isolation: 97,005

R number: 1.02 (needs to be below 1)

PCR test positivity rate: 28.58% (should be below 4.5%)


Vaccination: (No update today)

Total administered: 4,037,278

Fully vaccinated: 1,706,281 people (81.34%)

One dose: 1,812,375 people (86.40%)

Children aged 5-11: 61,902 (45.21%)

Booster doses: 658,489


Deaths last 24 hours: 14

Gran Canaria: 9 (457)

Tenerife: 4 (757)

La Palma: 1 (27)

Total deaths: 1,335


Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 625

Lanzarote: 258

Tenerife: 209

La Palma: 56

Gran Canaria: 45

Fuerteventura: 31

El Hierro: 26

La Gomera: 0


Total Active cases per island:

Total: 97,690

Tenerife: 45,199 (+141)

Gran Canaria: 38,731 (+798)

Lanzarote: 6,065 (-211)

Fuerteventura: 5,647 (+15)

La Palma: 1,599 (-18)

El Hierro: 294 (+9)

La Gomera: 155 (+21)

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:

27,945 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)

19,625 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)

8,509 in La Laguna (Tenerife)

3,904 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)

3,236 in Telde (Gran Canaria)

2,743 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)

1,997 in Arona (Tenerife)

1,814 in Adeje (Tenerife)

1,730 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)

1,368 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)

1,351 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)

1,315 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)

901 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)

700 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)

466 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)

441 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)

150 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)

(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas

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