Canary Islands adds two deaths and 569 new infections in the last 24 hours

The Cumulative Incidence at 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 186.49 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 14 days at 322.8 cases

July 18 2021 (15:35 WEST)
Healthcare workers administering coronavirus vaccines in the Canary Islands
Healthcare workers administering coronavirus vaccines in the Canary Islands

The Canary Islands has registered 569 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, so the total of accumulated cases in the islands now rises to 69,382 with 8,396 active, of which 47 are admitted to the ICU and 287 remain hospitalized, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands Government.

By age groups, most of the infections have occurred in young people between 20 and 29 years old, with 150 cases. As for the other groups, in the age group of 0 to 9 years, 39 cases have been registered; in the 10 to 19 age group, 121; in the 30-39 age group, 96; in the 40-49 age group, 83; in the 50-59 age group, 41; in the 60-69 age group; 29; in the 70-79 age group, 9, and in people over 80 years of age, only one infection.

Also, in the last hours there has been the death of two people in Tenerife. The total number of deaths in the islands since the beginning of the pandemic amounts to 802, of which 451 have been in Tenerife; 277 in Gran Canaria; 49 in Lanzarote; 13 in Fuerteventura; 7 in La Palma; 4 in El Hierro, and 1 in La Gomera.

The Cumulative Incidence (IA) at 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 186.49 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the IA at 14 days at 322.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. To date, a total of 1,726,088 PCR tests have been carried out in the islands, of which 6,583 correspond to the last 24 hours.

By islands, Tenerife adds today 294 positives with a total of 32,923 accumulated cases and 5,215 epidemiologically active; Gran Canaria has 26,001 accumulated, 218 more, and 2,431 active. For its part, Lanzarote adds 16 positives, with 5,925 accumulated and 152 active; Fuerteventura has 3,064 accumulated cases, with 23 more than the previous day, and 397 active

La Palma adds 15 new cases, so it has 778 accumulated and its assets are 150; El Hierro adds three new cases, with 407 accumulated and 20 active, while La Gomera does not add new positives, so it continues with 281 accumulated and 29 active.

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