The Canary Islands have so far registered a total of 2,205 accumulated cases of COVID-19, which is three more than a day ago, when there were 2,202, and a slight increase of 0.1%. Of the total cases, 939 remain active.
With data closed at 9:05 p.m., on the islands 1,131 people have been discharged after overcoming the coronavirus, almost nine times more than the number of deaths, which amounts to 135.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, a total of 906 people have required hospitalization in the Canary Islands after testing positive for coronavirus. Of all of them, 176 have required admission to intensive care units (ICU).
Of the positives registered by the virus, which already affects some 55 municipalities, 1,199 are women and 1,006 are men. The number of infected healthcare professionals is 572, which represents 1.8% of the SCS staff, which has 30,000 workers.
According to the epidemiological data available on the islands, 23 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours and one more death has been recorded compared to the previous day. Likewise, there are 908 people under follow-up and 31 pending definitive confirmation.
By islands, the most affected by covid-19 continues to be Tenerife, which has 1,488 declared cases. It is followed by Gran Canaria, with 537; La Palma, with 77; Lanzarote, with 84; Fuerteventura, with 24; La Gomera, with 7, and El Hierro, with 1.
By islands, Tenerife registers 93 deaths, followed by Gran Canaria (35), Lanzarote (5) and La Palma (3). The rest of the islands continue without counting any deaths.
The Ministry of Health reiterates the importance of maintaining confinement as much as possible to prevent the most vulnerable people from getting sick. This is the case of immunocompromised patients, diabetics, people with chronic cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, chronic renal disease or neuromuscular disease or people with cancer.
