The Canary Islands Government Council has decided to keep all the islands at the alert level they had since last week, so Lanzarote will continue at level 2, together with La Gomera; while Tenerife will remain at 4, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and La Palma at 3 and El Hierro at 1.
Regarding Gran Canaria, the Minister of Health, Blas Trujillo, has stressed that it is "the one with a situation more on the edge of what is level 3", after infections have skyrocketed in the last week. However, for the moment they have decided not to raise it to 4, as it does not yet register significant hospital pressure.
"But the data forces us to be constantly alert and reviewing," warned the counselor, who insisted that the "main attention" towards possible changes is currently focused on that island.
As for Lanzarote, where infections have also been increasing for days and especially in the last week, he stressed that it still has the lowest incidence in the archipelago, in addition to not having patients in the ICU. "I wish we had all the islands in these conditions," the counselor said.
Blas Trujillo, who appeared with the Government spokesman after the meeting, also insisted that the situation that is most worrying is that of Tenerife, not only because of the accumulated incidence but also because of hospital pressure, and in particular in the intensive care units, which is already at the highest level of risk by exceeding 25%.
In addition, he pointed out that the situation in La Palma is also worrying, which has a lower incidence than other islands, but even greater hospital pressure than Tenerife. "It is a factor to take into account, because the smaller islands have less hospital capacity," the counselor acknowledged.
Trujillo also referred to the volume of "imported cases" that are being detected, particularly on that island of La Palma, but also cited La Gomera. As for El Hierro, whose accumulated incidence exceeds that of Lanzarote, although it remains at level 1, he also stressed that there is no hospital pressure.
However, despite the different evolution of each island, he warned that the situation can change at any time. In this regard, he recalled that "other territories that were in enviable conditions, in less than a month went on to be in a situation of real gravity."
