Covid update: New cases still on the increase with 312 today and 7 deaths

The Ministry of Health has informed that the Canary Islands have added 312 new cases of coronavirus today, with seven deaths in the last 24 hours, five in Tenerife, one in Gran Canaria and another in Lanzarote, bringing the total to 481 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic.

As of today the archipelago has 8,178 active cases of Covid-19, of which 62 are admitted to Intensive Care, 309 are in hospital wards and 7,807 are under treatment at their homes. The Accumulated Incidence (AI) at seven days stands at 95.76 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the AI ​​at 14 days at 178.09, and the rate is 1,11.

Regarding new cases, Gran Canaria continues to have the most with 135 new infections in the last, 24 hours, Lanzarote scores the second largest increase of the day with 114 new cases, and Tenerife continues as the third island with 42 new cases today, confirming the downward trend thanks to the measures implemented in recent weeks.

Fuerteventura has added 20 new cases this Tuesday, El Hierro adds one, and La Palma and La Gomera didn’t register any new infections.

The 40-49 age group continues to be the bracket with the most infections since the pandemic started, and in fact people aged 20-60 years of age account for 65% of all infections, whereas the over 80’s account for only 4%. The difference is that almost 1 in 5 people aged over 80 who have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Canary Islands, have died.  

Data for Tuesday 19th January 2021:
New cases:
Total: 312
Gran Canaria: 135 (43%)
Lanzarote: 114 (36%)
Tenerife: 42 (13%)
Fuerteventura: 20
El Hierro: 1
La Palma: 0
La Gomera: 0

Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 95.76 (2,062 cases over last 7 days)
Lanzarote: 403.84 (615)
Gran Canaria: 106.55 (907)
Fuerteventura: 100.10 (117)
El Hierro: 82.06 (9)
Tenerife: 44.88 (412)
La Palma: 2.42 (2)
La Gomera: 0.00 (0)

Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 178.09 (3,835 cases over last 14 days)
Lanzarote: 635.63 (968)
Fuerteventura: 213.03 (249)
Gran Canaria: 185.85 (1,582)
El Hierro: 173.23 (19)
Tenerife: 107.43 (986)
La Gomera: 37.20 (8)
La Palma: 27.82 (23)

General:
Covid patients in hospital: 309 (+5)
Covid patients in ICU: 62 (+2)
Home isolation: 7,807
PCR positive rate: 9.37% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 1.11 (needs to be below 1)

Deaths last 24 hours: 7
Tenerife: 5 (307)
Gran Canaria: 1 (148)
Lanzarote: 1 (10)
Total deaths: 481

Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 290
Tenerife: 144
Gran Canaria: 65
Lanzarote: 42
Fuerteventura: 28
La Palma: 6
El Hierro: 4
La Gomera: 1

Total Active cases per island:
Total: 8,178
Tenerife: 4,613 (-107)
Gran Canaria: 2,442 (+69)
Lanzarote: 876 (+71)
Fuerteventura: 223 (-8)
El Hierro: 12 (-3)
La Gomera: 9 (-1)
La Palma: 3 (-6)

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,228 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
2,073 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,372 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
801 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
256 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
239 in Arona (Tenerife)
146 in Adeje (Tenerife)
97 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
83 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
66 in Los Realejos (Tenerife)
60 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
30 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
23 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
11 in Valverde (El Hierro)
9 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)
1 in Breña Alta (La Palma)

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