Covid update: The Canary Islands add 148 cases and four deaths
The Canary Islands has registered 148 new cases of coronavirus today meaning that 52,590 people have been infected since the pandemic began. They have also verified four Covid related deaths of a 54-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman in Tenerife, both linked to social and family outbreaks, and a 93-year-old man associated with a family outbreak, and a 47-year-old woman in Gran Canaria.
Positive news is that the archipelago has 3,439 active cases today (130 less than yesterday) and they are steadily decreasing as the number of new infections seems to be stabilised. Of these 72 are admitted to ICU, 253 are in hospital wards, and 3,114 are in home isolation. In addition, the Accumulated Incidence IA at 7 days stands at 46.97 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the IA at 14 days at 106.39.
By islands, Tenerife has added 77 cases and has 2,214 still active, whereas Gran Canaria registers 54 new cases with actives dropping below a thousand to 984. Lanzarote has registered 12 new cases, El Hierro 3, Fuerteventura 1, La Palma 1, and La Gomera none.
To date, a total of 1,051,389 PCR tests have been carried out in the Islands, of which 2,962 correspond to the last 24 hours.
Data for Friday 30th April 2021:
New cases: 148
Tenerife: 77 (52%)
Gran Canaria: 54 (36%)
Lanzarote: 12
El Hierro: 3
Fuerteventura: 1
La Palma: 1
La Gomera: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 46.97
(Cases last 7 days: 1,022)
El Hierro: 125.59
Tenerife: 59.77
Lanzarote: 54.55
Gran Canaria: 38.34
La Palma: 34.75
Fuerteventura: 8.35
La Gomera: 4.61
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 106.39
(Cases last 14 days: 2,315)
El Hierro: 269.13
Tenerife: 137.41
Lanzarote: 96.91
Gran Canaria: 88.13
Fuerteventura: 58.46
La Palma: 39.54
La Gomera: 4.61
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 253 (-12)
Covid patients in ICU: 72 (-1)
Home isolation: 3,114
PCR positive rate: 4.92% (needs to be below 5)
R number: 0.86 (needs to be below 1)
Deaths last 24 hours: 4
Tenerife: 2 (406)
Gran Canaria: 2 (251)
Total deaths: 729
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Vaccination:
Total administered: 622,846
Two doses: 175,941
Target: 1,348,856 people (70% of adult population)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours:
Total: 274
Tenerife: 133
Gran Canaria: 119
Fuerteventura: 12
Lanzarote: 7
El Hierro: 2
La Gomera: 1
La Palma: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 3,439
Tenerife: 2,214 (-58)
Gran Canaria: 984 (-67)
Lanzarote: 129 (+5)
Fuerteventura: 52 (-11)
La Palma: 35 (+1)
El Hierro: 24 (+1)
La Gomera: 1 (-1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
1,163 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
885 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
526 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
123 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
93 in Arona (Tenerife)
82 in Adeje (Tenerife)
62 in Los Realejos (Tenerife)
47 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
42 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
31 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
31 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
30 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
17 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
14 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
11 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents most infected and tourist areas.