Covid update: Incidence rates continue to increase with 212 new cases today
The Ministry of Health today reports of 212 new cases of coronavirus in the Canary Islands. The total accumulated cases has now reached 40,437 with 5,679 active, of which 78 are admitted to ICU and 262 remain hospitalized. In the last 24 hours, there has only been one Covid related death reported, that of a 72-year-old man in Gran Canaria, with previous pathologies and who was in hospital.
The Accumulated Incidence rate at 7 days for the Islands has gone up again since yesterday, and now stands at 56.33 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and over 14 days is 105.97.
By islands, Gran Canaria has added the most new cases again with 87, but also has had the most recoveries of 199, meaning that active cases on the islands have dropped again to 2,882. In the meantime Tenerife’s have increased slightly with 76 new cases and only 47 people discharged.
The island with the biggest increase at the moment is Fuerteventura. They’ve reported 23 new cases in the last 24 hours, and their IA7 is now 78.71 which will move them into level 2 if it continues. Lanzarote is still stabilised with 14 new cases, and now actually has an IA7 lower than its neighbouring island of 66.32 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Data for Friday 26th February 2021:
New cases:
Total: 212
Gran Canaria: 87 (41%)
Tenerife: 76 (36%)
Fuerteventura: 23
Lanzarote: 14
La Palma: 9
La Gomera: 3
El Hierro: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7):
Canary Islands: 56.33
El Hierro: 200.58
Fuerteventura: 78.71
Lanzarote: 66.32
Gran Canaria: 62.15
Tenerife: 49.14
La Palma: 18.14
La Gomera: 13.95
Current Incidence rate (IA14):
Canary Islands: 105.97
El Hierro: 218.82
Lanzarote: 159.57
Fuerteventura: 129.19
Gran Canaria: 116.19
Tenerife: 90.97
La Palma: 42.34
La Gomera: 23.25
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 262 (+2)
Covid patients in ICU: 78 (-4)
Home isolation: 5,339
PCR positive rate: 6.32% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.86 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 1
Gran Canaria: 1 (188)
Total deaths: 585
Vaccination:
Total administered: 133,624
Two doses: 51,572
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Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 272
Gran Canaria: 199
Tenerife: 47
Lanzarote: 25
La Palma: 1
El Hierro: 0
Fuerteventura: 0
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 5,679
Gran Canaria: 2,882 (-113)
Tenerife: 2,273 (+29)
Lanzarote: 274 (-11)
Fuerteventura: 196 (+23)
La Palma: 25 (+8)
El Hierro: 24 (-)
La Gomera: 5 (+3)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
2,572 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
1,288 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
451 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
253 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
132 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
103 in Adeje (Tenerife)
83 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
78 in Arona (Tenerife)
71 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
24 in Valverde (El Hierro)
24 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
16 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
6 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.