The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has confirmed this Tuesday 20 active cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in the islands and five discharges, which represents an accumulated figure of 25 cases.
By islands, there are 13 cases in Tenerife, one of which tested positive this Tuesday. Of all of them, four belong to the same group of Italian citizens who are hospitalized, three of them without symptoms and one with symptoms. Outside of that group, there is one more person hospitalized and the rest of the people are in home isolation.
In Gran Canaria, there are six active cases; four correspond to a group of Italian citizens, one of them seriously hospitalized. The rest are also hospitalized. In addition, there are two more cases that correspond to two Dutch citizens who are in home isolation. The last case occurs in Fuerteventura, where there is a person who is in home isolation.
Regarding the hotel with sanitary measures in the South of Tenerife, this Tuesday at 00:01 these measures ended and all guests were able to leave without restrictions. Since the departure operation was activated until last Sunday at 6:00 p.m., 655 people had left the hotel, and the rest "have been able to do so without problems since this morning with total normality", according to the Canarian Government.
Information lines
The Ministry of Health maintains an activated free telephone line (900 112 061), from which a Nursing team, under the coordination of the Canarian Emergency Service (SUC), will attend to citizens' requests for information on prevention measures, possibilities of contagion and false concepts related to the virus.
In addition, it is recalled the importance of people who believe they may have symptoms related to the coronavirus (cough, sore throat, fever and feeling short of breath) and have returned in the last 14 days from any of the risk areas or have been related to someone who comes from those points to contact 1-1-2, avoiding going directly to primary care centers or hospital emergencies.
Through this channel, the extraction of samples will be managed at home, although the population is also asked to use this resource rationally and only when the above conditions are met. The total number of calls to date is 5,126, of which 3,879 are to the information line and 1,247 to 1-1-2. Yesterday, 774 were received to the line 900 112 061 and 375 to 1-1-2.
