Covid update: 174 new cases, 90 in Gran Canaria and 51 in Tenerife

The Ministry of Health have informed of 174 new cases of coronavirus today in the Canary Islands, of which 90 are in Gran Canaria, 51 are in Tenerife, 28 are in Lanzarote, 3 are in La Palma, and 2 are in Fuerteventura. There have also been two Covid related deaths today, 1 in Tenerife and 1 in Fuerteventura, both men, one of 85 years old and another of 88, both were hospitalized and suffered from previous pathologies.

So far 547 people have lost their lives since the beginning of the pandemic, but the good news is that not only is the rate of infection slowing down in the islands, but the rate of deaths is as well. The R rate for infections has dropped to its lowest since last summer at a rate of 0.87, which means that an infected person will now on average pass the virus on to less than one person.

The high rate of Covid cases has lead to the start of transferral of patients to the Insular University Hospital Complex of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to begin from Lanzarote. According to the Ministry of Health, this is being carried out "in anticipation of possible new admissions" in the ICU of the Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital which is already at capacity.

Data for Tuesday 9th February 2021:
New cases:
Total: 174
Gran Canaria: 90 (52%)
Tenerife: 51 (29%)
Lanzarote: 28 (16%)
La Palma: 3
Fuerteventura: 2
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0

Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 63.99
Lanzarote: 211.44
El Hierro: 191.47
Gran Canaria: 81.18
Tenerife: 31.05
Fuerteventura: 29.94a
La Palma: 26.61
La Gomera: 0.00

Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 154.92
Lanzarote: 537.14
El Hierro: 392.05
Gran Canaria: 205.00
Fuerteventura: 80.42
Tenerife: 66.13
La Palma: 32.66
La Gomera: 0.00

General:
Covid patients in hospital: 324 (-5)
Covid patients in ICU: 74 (-2)
Home isolation: 6,505
PCR positive rate: 4.53% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.87 (needs to be below 1)

Deaths last 24 hours: 2
Tenerife: 1 (335)
Fuerteventura: 1 (8)
Total deaths: 547

Vaccination:
Total administered: 85,412
Two doses: 28,158

Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 388
Tenerife: 202
Gran Canaria: 111
Lanzarote: 74
El Hierro: 1
Fuerteventura: 0
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0

Total Active cases per island:
Total: 6,903
Gran Canaria: 3,715 (-21)
Tenerife: 2,250 (-132)
Lanzarote: 774 (-46)
Fuerteventura: 106 (+1)
El Hierro: 33 (-1)
La Palma: 25 (+3)
La Gomera: 0 (-)

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
3,360 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,276 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
718 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
473 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
103 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
94 in Adeje (Tenerife)
89 in Arona (Tenerife)
79 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
59 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
32 in Valverde (El Hierro)
23 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
17 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
7 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
0 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)

Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.