The Canary Islands closes this Thursday, for the ninth consecutive day, without deaths from coronavirus and the deaths registered during the Covid-19 crisis in the archipelago remain at 161, according to updated data from the Regional Ministry of Health at the end of the day.
Currently, the archipelago has 95 active cases of coronavirus, 23 less than this Wednesday when there were 118, and the positives for Covid-19 since the beginning of this crisis rise to 2,377 --two less because there were duplicates--.
Thus, of the 95 active cases at the moment, 76 are in their homes, while 16 are hospitalized and three are admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU).
Regarding the epidemiological discharges, they have also increased by 21 in one day, since a total of 2,121 discharges have been given since January 31.
By islands, Tenerife continues to be the one with the most accumulated positive cases with 1,496 cases, of which 43 are active, 1,343 discharges and 110 deaths; followed by Gran Canaria with 597 cases, of which 27 are active, 532 discharges and 38 deaths; while La Palma has 105 positives, 11 of them active, 87 epidemiological discharges and seven deaths.
Lanzarote follows with 87 cases, three of them positive, 75 medical discharges and six deaths; Fuerteventura with 46 positives, with one active, 45 epidemiological discharges and no deaths to regret; La Gomera with eight cases and El Hierro with three cases, have no active positives and have not had any deaths either.
To these are added 38 people who have been diagnosed and treated, who are registered by area of declaration, although it has not been possible to identify their area of residence because they may be tourists, port area workers or people without accommodation.
On the other hand, the staff of the Canarian Health Service (SCS) has carried out a total of 124,554 PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests for the diagnosis of Covid-19 since the beginning of the virus outbreak.
In relation to suspected cases, SCS professionals detected a total of 241 suspected cases in the Canary Islands in their tracking.
