The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands has confirmed 228 new cases of coronavirus today, the highest number in over two months and confirming signs now of an upward trend in the islands. The total number of accumulated cases is now 98,778 with 1,636 active, of which 22 are admitted to ICU, 126 are in hospital wards, and 1,488 are in home isolation.
They have also confirmed that almost 10% of new cases are ‘imported’, particularly from the UK and Germany, and that 70% are in the 20 to 49 age group who are the ones refusing vaccination.
By islands, Tenerife has added the most new cases with 125, followed by Gran Canaria with 64, Lanzarote with 16, Fuerteventura with 15, La Gomera with 6, La Palma with 2, and none in El Hierro. The good news is that no Covid related deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours.
Data for Friday 12th November 2021:
(updates are against yesterday’s figures)
New cases: 228
Tenerife: 125
Gran Canaria: 64
Lanzarote: 16
Fuerteventura: 15
La Gomera: 6
La Palma: 2
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 47.43
(Cases last 7 days: 1,033)
La Gomera: 96.87
Fuerteventura: 65.98
Lanzarote: 52.63
Tenerife: 50.94
Gran Canaria: 42.90
La Palma: 11.98
El Hierro: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 77.02
(Cases last 14 days: 1,676)
La Gomera: 138.39
Fuerteventura: 102.73
Lanzarote: 84.08
Tenerife: 78.29
Gran Canaria: 74.57
La Palma: 32.35
El Hierro: 0.00
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 126 (-1)
Covid patients in ICU: 22 (+2)
Home isolation: 1,488
R number: 0.93 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 4.03% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 0
Total deaths: 1,019
Vaccination: NO UPDATE TODAY
Total administered: 3,202,728
Fully vaccinated: 1,666,708 people (85.00%)
One dose: 1,688,496 people (86.11%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 103
Tenerife: 63
Gran Canaria: 24
Lanzarote: 7
La Gomera: 6
Fuerteventura: 2
La Palma: 1
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 1,636
Tenerife: 753 (+62)
Gran Canaria: 595 (+40)
Fuerteventura: 144 (+13)
Lanzarote: 98 (+9)
La Palma: 23 (+1)
La Gomera: 22 (-)
El Hierro: 1 (-)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
469 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
419 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
93 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
89 in Arona (Tenerife)
85 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
70 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
69 in Adeje (Tenerife)
69 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
49 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
25 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
19 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
10 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
9 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
8 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
5 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
4 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
1 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
