The Canary Islands has so far registered a total of 2,335 accumulated cases of COVID-19, which is 6 more than yesterday, when there were 2,329, and a slight increase of 0.2%. Of the total cases, 296 remain active. With data closed at 8:00 p.m., in the islands 1,879 people have been discharged after overcoming the coronavirus, almost twelve times more than the number of deaths, which already reaches 160.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, a total of 946 people have required hospitalization in the Canary Islands after testing positive for coronavirus, three yesterday. Of all of them, 179 have required admission to intensive care units (ICU). Of the total active cases, 7 people remain in the ICU, 33 on the ward and 256 at home.
Of the positives registered by the virus, which already affects some 56 municipalities, 1,272 are women and 1,063 are men. The number of healthcare professionals infected by COVID-19 since the beginning of the crisis is 587, which means 1.89% of the total staff of the Canarian Health Service, which has 31,000 workers.
According to the epidemiological data available in the islands, 40 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours and 2 deaths have been registered.
By islands, and following the item of the case's residence, the one with the most accumulated positives is Tenerife, which has 1,479 cases; followed by Gran Canaria with 583 cases; La Palma, with 95 cases; Lanzarote, with 85 cases; Fuerteventura, with 45 cases; La Gomera, with 8 cases, and El Hierro, with 3 cases.
There are 38 people who have been diagnosed and treated and are registered by area of declaration (the island on which the test was analyzed) but it has not been possible to identify their area of residence because they may be tourists, port area workers or people without accommodation.
The Ministry of Health has reported that this morning the last patient who remained admitted to the General Hospital of Fuerteventura due to COVID-19 has been discharged. He will still have to stay a few more days in the center to fully recover, but he is already free of coronavirus.
The deaths by islands are distributed as follows: 113 deaths in Tenerife; 39 in Gran Canaria; 3 in La Palma, and 6 in Lanzarote. No deaths related to COVID-19 have been recorded on the other islands.
Suspected cases
In this new scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Health, adapting to the new protocol of the Ministry of Health, reports that as of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, SCS professionals, in their tracking work, have detected a total of 214 suspected cases in the Canary Islands.
The new protocol of the Ministry establishes that a "suspected case" will be considered "any person with a clinical picture of acute respiratory infection of sudden onset of any severity that occurs, among others, with fever, cough or sensation of shortness of breath. Other atypical symptoms will be assessed (loss of taste, loss of smell, diarrhea, muscle pain, etc.) under clinical criteria as possible suspects.
The protocol establishes that these people should be studied with PCR in the following 24 hours. So this index is not cumulative but these people will become either positive or negative cases in a period of between 24 and 72 hours, which is the time it takes to perform tests, transfer, microbiological treatment and notification.
Prevention of contagion
The Ministry insists on the importance of maintaining the rules to avoid contagion. It warns of the need to comply with hygiene rules to avoid outbreaks of the pandemic. One of the main sources of contagion that must be addressed at this time are intrafamilial ones. In this sense, remember that security measures must be extreme in family visits and in coexistence itself, keeping safety distances, not sharing elements such as cutlery and using a mask if necessary.
The Ministry of Health recalls that the use of masks is now mandatory for all people over six years of age when it is not possible to maintain the interpersonal distance of two meters in public spaces, both closed and outdoors.
Likewise, hygienic and surgical masks that cover the nose and mouth are also recommended for children between 3 and 5 years old. Its use will not be required in people who have some type of respiratory difficulty, those who have duly justified health reasons or those who, due to their situation of disability or dependence, present behavioral alterations that make it unfeasible.
