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The Ministry of Health has notified of 2,511 new cases of coronavirus in the Canary Islands this afternoon, as well as 10 more Covid related deaths in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the Islands is now 221,794 with 86,663 still active, of which 79 are admitted to ICU and 511 remain hospitalized.
Of the ten people that have lost their lives, 7 were in Tenerife, 2 in Gran Canaria, and 1 in Lanzarote, pending validation by the General Directorate of Public Health.
Regarding the new cases by Islands, Tenerife has registered 1,312 new infections; Gran Canaria 687; Lanzarote 173; Fuerteventura 157; La Palma 156;, El Hierro 17, and La Gomera 9.
The Canary Islands have the lowest fatality rate from COVID in Spain:
Regarding the mortality rate, which is calculated as a percentage of deaths from Covid per thousand cases, the average for Spain is currently 1.92. The region with the highest fatality rate in Spain is Castilla-La Mancha at 3.25, which is almost six times the lowest one, which is that of the Canary Islands at 0.56.
In total, ten regions have a Covid mortality rate above the national average, with the top 3 being: Castilla-La Mancha (3.52), Castilla y León (3'20), and Aragón (3'16).
However, there are seven regions below the national average, with the 3 lowest being the Canary Islands (0.56), the Balearic Islands (0.89), and Galicia (1.05).
Data for Sunday 16th January 2022:
(updates are against yesterday’s figures)
New cases: 2,511
Gran Canaria: 1,312
Tenerife: 687
Lanzarote: 173
Fuerteventura: 157
La Palma: 156
El Hierro: 17
La Gomera: 9
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 1,588.55
(Cases last 7 days: 34,567)
La Palma: 2,362.87
El Hierro: 1,883.91
Lanzarote: 1,735.42
Tenerife: 1,623.40
Gran Canaria: 1,491.02
Fuerteventura: 1,378.91
La Gomera: 908.76
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 2,874.79
(Cases last 14 days: 62,037)
La Palma: 4,107.46
Lanzarote: 3,291.15
Tenerife: 2,953.90
El Hierro: 3,139.86
Gran Canaria: 2,655.93
Fuerteventura: 2,587.45
La Gomera: 1,831.35
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 511 (-18)
Covid patients in ICU: 79 (+4)
Home isolation: 88,072
R number: 0.95 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 36.29% (should be below 4.5%)
Vaccination: (No update today)
Total administered: 3,955,948
Fully vaccinated: 1,699,148 people (81.00%)
One dose: 1,802,824 people (85.94%)
Children aged 5-11: 56,586 (41.33%)
Booster doses: 591,787
Deaths last 24 hours: 10
Tenerife: 7 (728)
Gran Canaria: 2 (428)
Lanzarote: 1 (62)
Total deaths: 1,273
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 759
Tenerife: 444
La Palma: 212
Fuerteventura: 55
Gran Canaria: 29
Lanzarote: 10
El Hierro: 9
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 88,662
Tenerife: 42,697 (+236)
Gran Canaria: 32,393 (+1,281)
Lanzarote: 6,258 (+162)
Fuerteventura: 4,774 (+102)
La Palma: 2,078 (-56)
La Gomera: 240 (+9)
El Hierro: 222 (+8)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
23,204 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
18,031 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
8,186 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
3,886 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
2,751 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
2,240 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
1,882 in Arona (Tenerife)
1,671 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
1,657 in Adeje (Tenerife)
1,282 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
1,179 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
1,134 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
917 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
638 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
425 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
405 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
174 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
