Canary Islands adds 140 new cases of covid and three deaths in the last 24 hours

The Cumulative Incidence at 7 days in the Canary Islands is 55.35 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 14 days it is 103.84 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

February 28 2021 (17:37 WET)
Updated in February 28 2021 (17:42 WET)
The UME disinfects the Valterra health center during the third wave of Covid
The UME disinfects the Valterra health center during the third wave of Covid

 

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands registers this Sunday 140 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus. The total of accumulated cases in the Canary Islands is 40,725 with 5,739 active, of which 83 are admitted to the ICU and 277 remain hospitalized. In the last 24 hours there have been the deaths of three men aged 44, 74 and 88 in Gran Canaria. The older deceased remained hospitalized, suffered from previous pathologies and had experienced a clinical deterioration. One of them was associated with a work-family outbreak and another with a family-social outbreak. The youngest deceased also remained hospitalized but had no underlying diseases and was associated with the outbreak reported on the Hespérides ship.

The Cumulative Incidence at 7 days in the Canary Islands is 55.35 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 14 days it is 103.84 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

By islands, Tenerife adds 56 cases with a total of 17,027 accumulated cases and 2,353 epidemiologically active cases; Gran Canaria has 16,689 accumulated cases, 65 more than the previous day and 2,871 active. Lanzarote adds eight new cases with 4,431 accumulated and 253 epidemiologically active; Fuerteventura has 1,673 accumulated cases with nine more cases than the previous day and 208 active. La Palma adds two new cases and has 402 accumulated and 26 active cases; El Hierro does not add new cases, maintains its accumulated in 290 and 23 active. These data are being refined, which is why they are not reflected in the statistical record, which will be updated in the coming days. For its part, La Gomera also does not add new cases, maintaining its accumulated in 213 and its assets in five.

Until this Sunday, a total of 871,598 PCR tests have been carried out in the Islands, of which 2,449 correspond to this Saturday.

 

 

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