Covid update: Canaries exceed 34,000 infections by adding 337 new cases

The Canary Islands has registered one death today in Gran Canaria and raises the total of fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic to 512. In addition, the islands add 337 new infections, thus exceeding the barrier of 34,000 cases since the start of the health crisis.

Of these, 8,075 are still active, 68 are in Intensive Care (ICU), 348 are admitted to hospital wards (12 more than yesterday) and the rest, 7,659 are being treated at home. In the last 24 hours there have been 432 epidemiological discharges that raise the accumulated total to 25,734.

The Accumulated Incidence (AI) over seven days stands at 92.88 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the AI ​​at 14 days at 187.15. To date, 773,308 PCR tests have been carried out on the islands, of which 4,431 were in the last 24 hours.

In just 48 hours the Ministry of Health has adapted an annex building to the Hospital Doctor José Molina Orosa in Lanzarote as an extension and back up of beds for Covid patients.

Within their Contingency Plan, these offices have been converted into rooms with the capacity to house 15 possible patients, and a computerized Nursing control has been arranged and they are equipped with monitoring devices.

Data for Wednesday 27th January 2021:
New cases:
Total: 337
Gran Canaria: 169 (50%)
Lanzarote: 91 (27%)
Tenerife: 70 (21%)
Fuerteventura: 11
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: -1
El Hierro: -2

Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 92.88 (2,000 cases over last 7 days)
Lanzarote: 360.50 (549)
El Hierro: 127.64 (14)
Gran Canaria: 110.66 (942)
Fuerteventura: 65.88 (77)
Tenerife: 45.43 (417)
La Palma: 1.21 (1)
La Gomera: 0.00 (0)

Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 187.15 (4,030 cases over last 14 days)
Lanzarote: 747.26 (1,138)
El Hierro: 264.41 (29)
Gran Canaria: 217.69 (1,853)
Fuerteventura: 164.26 (192)
Tenerife: 88.69 (814)
La Palma: 4.84 (4)
La Gomera: 0.00 (0)

General:
Covid patients in hospital: 348 (+12)
Covid patients in ICU: 68 (-)
Home isolation: 7,659
PCR positive rate: 5.49% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.95 (needs to be below 1)

Deaths last 24 hours: 1
Gran Canaria: 1 (159)
Total deaths: 512

Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 432
Tenerife: 271
Gran Canaria: 103
Lanzarote: 43
Fuerteventura: 13
El Hierro: 2
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0

Total Active cases per island:
Total: 8,075
Tenerife: 3,757 (-201)
Gran Canaria: 3,052 (+64)
Lanzarote: 1,058 (-48)
Fuerteventura: 182 (-2)
El Hierro: 24 (-4)
La Palma: 2 (-)
La Gomera: 0 (-1)

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,767 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,776 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,063 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
968 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
195 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
193 in Arona (Tenerife)
133 in Adeje (Tenerife)
78 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
62 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
60 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
24 in Valverde (El Hierro)
24 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
20 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
0 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)

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