Covid update: 144 new cases, no deaths, and incidence rates fall again
The Canary Islands has had its fourth consecutive day today without any Covid related deaths in the archipelago, while the new infections in the last 24 hours are 144, mean that the total number of cases is 53,103 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Of the new cases, 88 were in Tenerife; 47 in Gran Canaria, 4 in Lanzarote and 1 in La Palma. In the rest of the islands, i.e. El Hierro, Fuerteventura and La Gomera no new infections were detected, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.
There are currently 334 people hospitalized, of which 73 are in the ICU and 261 are in wards, leaving 3,037 people in home isolation, of 3,370 active cases in the islands.
Earlier today the Minister of Health for the Canary Islands, Blas Trujillo, announced that Tenerife has gone down to Level 2 due to a downward trend in data, with immediate effect until another review next Tuesday, May 11th. This means the current levels for each of the islands are as follows:
Data for Tuesday 4th May 2021:
New cases: 144
Tenerife: 88 (61%)
Gran Canaria: 47 (32%)
Lanzarote: 8
La Palma: 1
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 44.35
(Cases last 7 days: 965)
El Hierro: 116.62
Tenerife: 57.72
Lanzarote: 45.57
Gran Canaria: 38.22
La Palma: 9.95
Fuerteventura: 8.35
La Gomera: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 97.84
(Cases last 14 days: 2,129)
El Hierro: 296.04
Tenerife: 129.55
Lanzarote: 91.14
Gran Canaria: 76.91
Fuerteventura: 40.92
La Palma: 38.34
La Gomera: 4.61
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 260 (-1)
Covid patients in ICU: 73 (-)
Home isolation: 3,037
PCR positive rate: 5.64% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.86 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 0
Total deaths: 729
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Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 256
Tenerife: 163
Gran Canaria: 60
Fuerteventura: 27
Lanzarote: 3
El Hierro: 2
La Palma: 1
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 3,370
Tenerife: 2,239 (-75)
Gran Canaria: 930 (-13)
Lanzarote: 120 (+5)
Fuerteventura: 30 (-27)
La Palma: 33 (-)
El Hierro: 17 (-2)
La Gomera: 1 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
1,184 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
841 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
558 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
113 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
89 in Adeje (Tenerife)
82 in Arona (Tenerife)
53 in Los Realejos (Tenerife)
46 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
43 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
32 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
28 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
16 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
14 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
14 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
10 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.