All islands stay in same alert level, but Tenerife is main concern

The spokesman for the Government of the Canary Islands, Julio Pérez, confirmed last night that the alert levels that are in force in the different islands will be maintained, although he said that the situation in Tenerife is of particular concern.

He was speaking in the press conference after the weekly Governing Council meeting, where he added that the general data of the Canary Islands continues to be "reasonably positive" but that the Government and the Public Health Commission expect improvements. "We cannot say that we are in a situation that we are going to settle for," he said.

He particularly spoke about Tenerife and pointed out that there is a concern because the infections are widespread and are being detected across the island spread out in the north and south, unlike the other island with high infections, Lanzarote, where the cases are focused from a single outbreak which now seems to be under control.

He did, however, especially emphasize that, in general, the numbers of infections are "good" with a cumulative incidence rate at seven days (AI7) of 40.12 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, but that because of Tenerife and Lanzarote, this hasn’t dropped as quickly as it should have, which could affect us short term with some tourist markets.