Covid update: 107 new infections, active cases in Tenerife now below 1,200
The Canary Islands have started the week by adding 107 new cases of coronavirus that raise the accumulated total number of cases to 55,644 since the pandemic began, of which 1,941 are still active (123 less yesterday). Of these, 50 are admitted to Intensive Care, 233 are on hospital wards, and 1,658 are under home isolation. In addition, there has been one Covid related death in Tenerife meaning that 765 people have now lost their lives during the pandemic.
By islands, Tenerife adds 64 new cases and now has less than 1,200 actives on the island, Gran Canaria has added 27 new cases, Fuerteventura has 8, Lanzarote 7, and La Palma adds 1, whereas El Hierro and La Gomera remain unchanged and in fact only have one active case between them.
The coronavirus outbreak detected in a gym in Lanzarote continues to grow, although more slowly now than when it was first detected, and now reaches 156 positive cases, according to data from the General Directorate of Public Health. This outbreak is the direct cause of the increase in cases that Lanzarote has registered over the last week.
The Accumulated Incidence rate (AI) at 7 days stands at 39.39 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the AI14 at 81.48.
Data for Monday 24th May 2021:
New cases: 107
Tenerife: 64 (60%)
Gran Canaria: 27 (25%)
Fuerteventura: 8
Lanzarote: 7
La Palma: 1
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 39.39
(Cases last 7 days: 857)
Lanzarote: 71.24
Tenerife: 49.86
Gran Canaria: 27.59
La Palma: 22.77
Fuerteventura: 22.55
El Hierro: 8.97
La Gomera: 0.00
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 81.48
(Cases last 14 days: 1,773)
Lanzarote: 180.35
Tenerife: 103.38
El Hierro: 71.77
Gran Canaria: 53.53
Fuerteventura: 32.57
La Palma: 29.96
La Gomera: 9.23
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General:
Covid patients in hospital: 233 (+6)
Covid patients in ICU: 50 (-2)
Home isolation: 1,658
PCR positive rate: 2.81% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.98 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 1
Tenerife: 1 (423)
Total deaths: 765
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 229
Tenerife: 143
Gran Canaria: 58
Lanzarote: 21
Fuerteventura: 3
La Palma: 2
La Gomera: 2
El Hierro: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 1,941
Tenerife: 1,183 (80)
Gran Canaria: 508 (-31)
Lanzarote: 192 (-14)
Fuerteventura: 36 (+5)
La Palma: 21 (-1)
El Hierro: 1 (-)
La Gomera: 0 (-2)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
656 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
453 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
280 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
185 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
61 in Adeje (Tenerife)
46 in Arona (Tenerife)
26 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
22 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
10 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
8 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
7 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
6 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
4 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
2 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas.