Covid update: Active cases in the Canaries are the lowest since 15th December
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health today, there have been 172 new cases of coronavirus detected in the Canary Islands, taking the accumulated total to 41, 012 people since the pandemic began. Of the new cases 78 were in Gran Canaria, 65 in Tenerife, 15 in Lanzarote and 9 in Fuerteventura.
They have also reported of five Covid related deaths in the last 24 hours, 3 of which were in Lanzarote, 1 in Gran Canaria and 1 in Tenerife. With these there have now been 597 deaths in the Canary Islands from Covid-19.
In the same period there have been 420 hospital discharges, most of which were in Gran Canaria (246), which has reduced active cases to 5,233, the lowest figure since December 15th.
In the south of Tenerife, all municipalities now have less than 100 active cases after Adeje dropped to 98, and there are now only 278 active cases in the whole of the south of the island.
The Ministry has also released up to date figures of vaccination by groups, which are as follows:
Data for Tuesday 2nd March 2021:
New cases:
Total: 172
Gran Canaria: 78 (45%)
Tenerife: 65 (38%)
Lanzarote: 15
Fuerteventura: 9
La Palma: 5
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 53.17
Fuerteventura: 98.39
El Hierro: 63.82
Gran Canaria: 55.33
Lanzarote: 49.91
Tenerife: 48.70
La Palma: 30.24
La Gomera: 18.60
Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 105.42
El Hierro: 200.58
Fuerteventura: 148.01
Lanzarote: 119.51
Gran Canaria: 113.48
Tenerife: 97.18
La Palma: 37.50
La Gomera: 18.60
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 280 (-3)
Covid patients in ICU: 72 (-9)
Home isolation: 4,881
PCR positive rate: 5.53% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 1.02 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 5
Lanzarote: 3 (42)
Gran Canaria: 1 (196)
Tenerife: 1 (341)
Total deaths: 597
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Vaccination:
Total administered: 151,478
Two doses: 54,494
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 430
Gran Canaria: 246
Lanzarote: 87
Tenerife: 70
Fuerteventura: 15
La Palma: 2
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 5,233
Gran Canaria: 2,599 (-169)
Tenerife: 2,235 (-6)
Fuerteventura: 212 (-6)
Lanzarote: 144 (-75)
La Palma: 27 (+3)
El Hierro: 11 (-)
La Gomera: 5 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,337 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,239 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
461 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
148 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
132 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
98 in Adeje (Tenerife)
80 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
72 in Arona (Tenerife)
61 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
28 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
15 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
11 in Valverde (El Hierro)
6 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.