Covid update: 216 new cases and one death in the Canary Islands
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has notified of 216 new cases of coronavirus today. The total accumulated cases in the Islands are now 47,939 with 4,542 active, of which 77 are admitted to the ICU and 307 remain hospitalized. In the last 24 hours there has been one death recorded, of a 94-year-old woman in Gran Canaria which is associated with a family outbreak.
Of the new cases, Gran Canaria is yet again the island with the most, recording 117 news cases, followed by Tenerife with 101, Fuerteventura with 9, and Lanzarote with 8. For the second day running there were no new cases recorded in the three other islands.
The Accumulated Incidence at 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 60.16 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and over 14 days at 121.69 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. To date, a total of 978,071 PCR tests have been carried out in the Islands, of which 3,398 correspond to the last 24 hours.
Data for Tuesday 6th April 2021:
New cases: 216
Gran Canaria: 117 (54%)
Tenerife: 81 (37%)
Lanzarote: 15
Fuerteventura: 1
La Palma: 2
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 60.16
Gran Canaria: 73.41
Tenerife: 58.37
Fuerteventura: 50.11
Lanzarote: 36.58
La Palma: 23.96
La Gomera: 9.23
El Hierro: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 121.69
Gran Canaria: 147.51
Tenerife: 121.15
Fuerteventura: 100.22
Lanzarote: 67.39
La Palma: 39.54
La Gomera: 13.84
El Hierro: 0.00
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 307 (-3)
Covid patients in ICU: 77 (-1)
Home isolation: 4,236
PCR positive rate: 7.01% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.91 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 1
Gran Canaria: 1 (236)
Total deaths: 683
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Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 298
Tenerife: 180
Gran Canaria: 105
Lanzarote: 9
Fuerteventura: 2
La Palma: 2
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 4,541
Tenerife: 2,316 (-99)
Gran Canaria: 1,896 (+11)
Fuerteventura: 217 (-1)
Lanzarote: 87 (+6)
La Palma: 22 (-)
La Gomera: 3 (-)
El Hierro: 0 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
1,689 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,257 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
491 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
143 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
142 in Arona (Tenerife)
88 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
87 in Adeje (Tenerife)
86 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
39 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
29 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
15 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
15 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
3 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.
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