Covid update: 353 new cases, 187 in Tenerife, 130 in Gran Canaria
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health, today is the first time in the last week that Tenerife has recorded less than 200 daily cases of Covid-19, with 187 (53%) of the 353 detected in the last 24 hours. There is a spike in Gran Canaria with 130 new cases today, 52 of which are from an outbreak at a BBQ, the largest recorded in the islands.
Fuerteventura continues to see an upward trend in incidence with 22 new cases, whereas the rest of the islands only have 7 in La Palma, 6 in Lanzarote, 1 in La Gomera, and none in El Hierro.
As is the current trend, no Covid related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, however, ICU occupancy has increased by 15% to 38 Covid patients, and 220 people are now in Covid wards in hospitals. Also, the R rate of contagion has increased again to 1.21 as the virus continues to spread.
The Ministry has also registered 114 new outbreaks this week with 765 associated cases, of which 66 have occurred in Tenerife, 37 in Gran Canaria, nine in Fuerteventura, one in Lanzarote and one in El Hierro. Almost half of these (55) are social outbreaks, 25 are in the work environment, 22 in families, 6 in socially vulnerable groups, three educational and three sports-related.
Notable outbreaks in the islands are the social BBQ one in Gran Canaria with 52 cases; a work-related one with 42 positives in Gran Canaria; a social outbreak with 21 positives declared in a pub in Fuerteventura; a sports one in Tenerife with 18 cases; two social (one in Tenerife and one in Gran Canaria) each with 17 positives; one social with 15 affected in a leisure place in El Hierro; and a workplace in Gran Canaria that has 14 people infected.
Authorities are concerned about further outbreaks in Playa Del Ingles after videos emerged on social media showing hundreds of partygoers ignoring Covid protocols. (see main image above)
In the video, partygoers are dancing and singing in one of the premises of Annex II of Playa del Inglés before the gaze of amazed passers-by and customers from other venues who see and record what is happening from the avenue. Police are investigating the premises in question.
Data for Wednesday 7th July 2021:
New cases: 353
Tenerife: 187 (53%)
Gran Canaria: 130
Fuerteventura: 22
La Palma: 7
Lanzarote: 6
La Gomera: 1
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 105.75
(Cases last 7 days: 2,301)
Tenerife: 166.27
El Hierro: 143.54
Fuerteventura: 120.27
Gran Canaria: 63.12
Lanzarote: 28.88
La Palma: 11.98
La Gomera: 4.61
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 171.01
(Cases last 14 days: 3,720)
Tenerife: 279.99
Fuerteventura: 192.10
El Hierro: 143.54
Gran Canaria: 91.17
Lanzarote: 47.49
La Gomera: 23.06
La Palma: 17.97
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General:
Covid patients in hospital: 220 (+5)
Covid patients in ICU: 38 (+5)
Home isolation: 4,056
R number: 1.21 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 7.05%
Deaths last 24 hours: 0
Total deaths: 791
Vaccination:
Total administered: 1,978,048 doses.
Immunised: 856,852 people (43.70%)
One dose: 1,208,329 people (61.63%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 242
Tenerife: 204
Gran Canaria: 36
Lanzarote: 1
Fuerteventura: 1
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 4,314
Tenerife: 3,139 (-17)
Gran Canaria: 819 (+94)
Fuerteventura: 247 (+21)
Lanzarote: 76 (+5)
El Hierro: 16 (-)
La Palma: 13 (+7)
La Gomera: 4 (+1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
1,667 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
729 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
632 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
259 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
167 in Arona (Tenerife)
158 in Adeje (Tenerife)
144 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
70 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
33 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
23 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
22 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
21 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
18 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
16 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
14 in Valverde (El Hierro)
4 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)