Covid update: 82 new cases and one more Covid death in the Canary Islands


Covid update: 82 new cases and one more Covid death in the Canary Islands

The latest data from the Ministry of Health reports of 82 new cases of coronavirus in the Canary Islands today, with 45 in Tenerife, 25 in Gran Canaria, 5 in Lanzarote, 5 in Fuerteventura, 2 in La Palma, and none in La Gomera or El Hierro.

Active cases have increased again, as there are only 10 people medically discharged, to 853 with 62 Covid patients in wards, 18 in ICU, and 773 in home isolation. They have also reported the death of an 83-year-old man in Tenerife who was in intensive care because of the virus.

Both incidence rates over 7 and 14 days have increased to 23.35 and 38.70, with Lanzarote having the two highest with an IA7 of 37.87, whereas all other islands are currently below 25, and an IA14 of 50.06, whereas all other islands are currently below 50.

Data for Saturday 23rd October 2021:

New cases: 82

Tenerife: 45

Gran Canaria: 25

Lanzarote: 5

Fuerteventura: 5

La Palma: 2

La Gomera: 0

El Hierro: 0

 

Current Incidence rate (IA7): 23.35

(Cases last 7 days: 508)

Lanzarote: 37.87

Gran Canaria: 23.49

Tenerife: 23.37

Fuerteventura: 21.72

La Gomera: 9.23

La Palma: 3.59

El Hierro: 0.00

 

Current Incidence rate (IA14): 38.70

(Cases last 14 days: 844)

Lanzarote: 50.06

Fuerteventura: 44.27

Tenerife: 39.09

Gran Canaria: 39.74

La Gomera: 13.84

La Palma: 5.99

El Hierro: 0.00

General:

Covid patients in hospital: 62 (-9)

Covid patients in ICU: 18 (-1)

Home isolation: 773

R number: 0.98 (needs to be below 1)

PCR test positivity rate: 2.80% (should be below 4.5%)

 

Deaths last 24 hours: 1

Tenerife: 1 (576)

Total deaths: 1,004

 

Vaccination:

Total administered: 3,146,088

Fully vaccinated: 1,637,886 people (83.53%)

One dose: 1,667,904 people (85.06%)

Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)

 

Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 10

Tenerife: 7

Lanzarote: 3

Gran Canaria: 0

Fuerteventura: 0

La Palma: 0

La Gomera: 0

El Hierro: 0

 

Total Active cases per island:

Total: 853

Tenerife: 364 (+37)

Gran Canaria: 325 (+25)

Lanzarote: 91 (+2)

Fuerteventura: 67 (+5)

La Palma: 3 (+2)

La Gomera: 2 (-)

El Hierro: 1 (-)

 

Municipalities with most active cases in each island:

250 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) 

183 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)

73 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)

53 in Arona (Tenerife)

47 in Adeje (Tenerife)

40 in La Laguna (Tenerife)

36 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)

33 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)

21 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)

14 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)

12 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)

11 in Telde (Gran Canaria)

7 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)

3 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)

3 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)

2 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)

1 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)

(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)

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