Covid update: Cases pass 42,000 in the Canaries with 152 new ones today
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has notified today of 152 new cases of coronavirus in the Islands, meaning that 42,065 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. Of the new cases 92 are in Gran Canaria, 48 in Tenerife, 12 in Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote has -1 due to a statistical adjustment.
In addition, two more people have lost their lives due to the pandemic in the archipelago, 613 in total since the first case was registered in Spain, at the end of January 2020 in La Gomera. The deceased are two men, one 78 years old in Tenerife, and the other 53 years old in Lanzarote, this one associated with an outbreak from a family member, and both with previous pathologies.
Active cases have dropped again to 4,707 after 335 medical discharges this morning, but incidence rates have continued to stay at the same level at 54 over 7 days and 110 over 14 days for the islands. Although Lanzarote’s has continued to drop, which is no less than 30, the other islands increasing have kept incidence rates at this level.
Data for Monday 8th March 2021:
New cases:
Total: 152
Gran Canaria: 92 (60%)
Tenerife: 48 (31%)
Fuerteventura: 12
El Hierro: 1
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0
Lanzarote: -1
Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 54.47
Gran Canaria: 64.14
Fuerteventura: 55.61
El Hierro: 54.70
Tenerife: 52.84
Lanzarote: 29.55
La Palma: 25.40
La Gomera: 23.25
Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 110.48
Fuerteventura: 154.85
El Hierro: 136.76
Gran Canaria: 125.11
Tenerife: 103.61
Lanzarote: 76.83
La Palma: 49.59
La Gomera: 41.85
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 305 (+9)
Covid patients in ICU: 77 (-)
Home isolation: 4,325
PCR positive rate: 5.19% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 1.03 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 2
Tenerife: 1 (343)
Lanzarote: 1 (44)
Total deaths: 613
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Vaccination:
Total administered: 175,259
Two doses: 56,190
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 335
Gran Canaria: 136
Tenerife: 143
Fuerteventura: 48
La Palma: 5
Lanzarote: 3
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 4,707
Tenerife: 2,188 (-44)
Gran Canaria: 2,208 (-96)
Fuerteventura: 164 (-36)
Lanzarote: 96 (-5)
La Palma: 29 (-5)
El Hierro: 16 (+1)
La Gomera: 6 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
1,978 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,201 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
451 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
116 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
111 in Adeje (Tenerife)
86 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
73 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
70 in Arona (Tenerife)
52 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
33 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
16 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
16 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.