Covid update: Canaries are once again on the list of high-risk places in Europe

The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands notified of 238 new cases of coronavirus yesterday taking the toe total to 28,809 with 7,211 active, of which 52 are admitted to the ICU and 318 remain hospitalized.

In the 24 last hours, another six people have lost their lives after testing positive for Covid-19 in the Archipelago, all of them suffering from previous pathologies.

The Canary Islands are once again officially on the list of high-risk places for Europe as determined by the ECDC, after being upgraded from Orange (medium risk) which only lasted for one week.

Being a ‘Red’ risk area means that:
- the 7-day accumulative incidence rate (IA7) for the Islands is more than 50 per 100,000 people
- the positivity rate of PCR detection tests is equal to or greater than 4%
- the 14-day accumulative incidence rate (IA14) is more than 150 per 100,000 people

The Accumulated Incidence (AI) at 7 days in the Canary Islands currently stands at 64.27 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and the AI ​​at 14 days is at 133.14 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Data for Friday 8th January 2021:
New cases:
Total: 238
Tenerife: 97 (41%)
Gran Canaria: 69 (29%)
Lanzarote: 48 (20%)
Fuerteventura: 23
La Palma: 1
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0

Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 64.32 (1,384 cases over last 7 days)
El Hierro: 145.88 (16)
Lanzarote: 130.67 (199)
Tenerife: 64.94 (596)
Fuerteventura: 61.60 (72)
Gran Canaria: 56.74 (483)
La Gomera: 23.25 (5)
La Palma: 15.73 (13)

Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 133.23 (2,867 cases over last 14 days)
El Hierro: 227.94 (25)
Tenerife: 164.84 (1,513)
Lanzarote: 178.61 (272)
Gran Canaria: 103.73 (883)
La Gomera: 69.76 (15)
Fuerteventura: 86.41 (101)
La Palma: 48.38 (40)

General:
Covid patients in hospital: 318 (+5)
Covid patients in ICU: 52 (-)
Home isolation: 6,790
PCR positive rate: 10.01% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 1.10 (needs to be below 1)

Deaths last 24 hours: 6
Tenerife: 3 (282)
Gran Canaria: 3 (141)
Total deaths: 444

Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 178
Tenerife: 109
Gran Canaria: 38
Lanzarote: 19
La Palma: 9
Fuerteventura: 2
La Gomera: 1
El Hierro: 0

Total Active cases per island:
Total: 7,209
Tenerife: 5,186 (+15)
Gran Canaria: 1,582 (+28)
Lanzarote: 254 (+29)
Fuerteventura: 114 (+21)
La Palma: 34 (-8)
El Hierro: 22 (-)
La Gomera: 17 (-1)

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,166 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,616 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
1,445 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
297 in Arona (Tenerife)
290 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
233 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
168 in Adeje (Tenerife)
102 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
90 in Los Realejos (Tenerife)
48 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
46 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
43 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
29 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
18 in Breña Alta (La Palma)
18 in Valverde (El Hierro)
16 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)

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