Covid update: 237 new cases and 4 more deaths in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands have registered 237 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, so the total accumulated cases in the islands now rises to 44,625 with 4,221 active, of which 72 are admitted to the ICU and 287 remain hospitalized.
Likewise, the death of four people has been reported, two women aged 82 and 86 years old and an 89-year-old man in Tenerife, and an 87-year-old woman in Gran Canaria. All the deceased are linked to family based outbreaks and suffered from previous pathologies. The total number of deceased has now risen to 644.
The Accumulated Incidence rate (AI) over 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 63.83 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the AI at 14 days is at 129.28 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. To date, a total of 930,017 PCR tests have been carried out on the islands, of which 20,891 correspond to the last seven hours and 4,010 to the last 24 hours.
Data for Saturday 20th March 2021:
New cases:
Total: 237
Gran Canaria: 122 (51%)
Tenerife: 97 (47%)
Fuerteventura: 14
Lanzarote: 3
La Palma: 1
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 63.83
Fuerteventura: 86.86
Gran Canaria: 69.31
Tenerife: 69.14
Lanzarote: 25.67
La Palma: 9.59
El Hierro: 8.97
La Gomera: 4.61
Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 129.28
Fuerteventura: 157.02
Tenerife: 143.12
Gran Canaria: 137.69
Lanzarote: 53.27
El Hierro: 44.86
La Palma: 29.96
La Gomera: 23.06
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 287 (-16)
Covid patients in ICU: 72 (-)
Home isolation: 3,862
PCR positive rate: 5.52% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 1.02 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 4
Tenerife: 3 (361)
Gran Canaria: 1 (218)
Total deaths: 644
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Vaccination:
Total administered: 228,382
Two doses: 75,667
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 49
Gran Canaria: 25
Tenerife: 14
Lanzarote: 10
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro: 0
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 4,221
Tenerife: 2,235 (+80)
Gran Canaria: 1,620 (+96)
Fuerteventura: 256 (+14)
Lanzarote: 79 (-7)
La Palma: 22 (+1)
La Gomera: 5 (-)
El Hierro: 4 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
1,370 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,027 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
524 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
162 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
109 in Adeje (Tenerife)
91 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
90 in Arona (Tenerife)
79 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
40 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
23 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
12 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
9 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
4 in Valverde (El Hierro)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.