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Covid update: 297 new cases, 131 in Gran Canaria, 47 in Tenerife, and 5 deaths

2021/01/20 15:36:42 Written by Canarian Weekly National

The Canary Islands has surpassed 32,000 cases of Covid-19 today after adding another 297 new infections in the last hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands.

The growing trend of infections continues in Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, which account for 74% of new cases and both are at Level 3 alert. In the last 24 hours the islands have reported five deaths from coronavirus, two in Tenerife, two in Gran Canaria and another in Lanzarote, raising the total number of fatalities to 486.

Another 20 people were admitted to hospital wards today, with six ICU beds becoming available, 1 through medical discharge, and the other five lost their fight against the disease. The Accumulated Incidence (AI) at seven days today stands at 92.64 per 100,000 inhabitants and the AI ​​at 14 days at 180.55, which has dropped slightly, even though El Hierro’s has shot up.

Data for Wednesday 20th January 2021:
New cases:
Total: 297
Gran Canaria: 131 (44%)
Lanzarote: 89 (30%)
Tenerife: 47 (16%)
Fuerteventura: 21
El Hierro: 8
La Palma: 1
La Gomera: 0

Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 92.64 (1,995 cases over last 7 days)
Lanzarote: 380.86 (580)
Gran Canaria: 105.73 (900)
Fuerteventura: 100.10 (117)
El Hierro: 136.76 (15)
Tenerife: 41.40 (380)
La Palma: 3.63 (3)
La Gomera: 0.00 (0)

Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 180.55 (3,888 cases over last 14 days)
Lanzarote: 680.94 (1,037)
El Hierro: 237.05 (26)
Fuerteventura: 208.75 (244)
Gran Canaria: 190.55 (1,622)
Tenerife: 101.43 (931)
La Gomera: 37.20 (8)
La Palma: 24.19 (20)

General:
Covid patients in hospital: 329 (+20)
Covid patients in ICU: 56 (-6)
Home isolation: 7,736
PCR positive rate: 5.64% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 1.15 (needs to be below 1)

Deaths last 24 hours: 5
Tenerife: 2 (312)
Gran Canaria: 2 (150)
Lanzarote: 1 (11)
Total deaths: 486

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Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 293
Tenerife: 159
Gran Canaria: 51
Lanzarote: 41
Fuerteventura: 35
La Gomera: 4
La Palma: 2
El Hierro: 1

Total Active cases per island:
Total: 8,177
Tenerife: 4,499 (-114)
Gran Canaria: 2,520 (+78)
Lanzarote: 923 (+47)
Fuerteventura: 209 (-14)
El Hierro: 19 (+7)
La Gomera: 5 (-4)
La Palma: 2 (-1)

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,294 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
2,018 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,337 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
842 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
249 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
238 in Arona (Tenerife)
141 in Adeje (Tenerife)
87 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
82 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
62 in Los Realejos (Tenerife)
60 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
28 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
23 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
18 in Valverde (El Hierro)
5 in San Sebastian (La Gomera)

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

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