The Canary Islands has registered in the last week 97 new outbreaks of Covid-19, one of them in Lanzarote. In total, so far 514 cases associated with these outbreaks have been detected, of which 10 have required hospital admission.
The highest number of outbreaks has occurred in Tenerife, with 52, followed by Gran Canaria with 32 and Fuerteventura with 12. By area in which they have occurred, 38 are family outbreaks, 31 social, 23 work-related, four educational and one sports-related, specifically in a gym.
According to the Ministry of Health, most outbreaks have fewer than 10 associated cases, although five exceed that figure. The largest is associated with a wedding held in Gran Canaria and has 16 affected.
In addition, on the same island there are two others with 14 and 12 infected, the first of social origin and the second of work origin. The other two outbreaks with more than 10 cases have occurred in Fuerteventura, one with 15 affected of work origin and with family branching, and another with 11 people infected, linked to a restaurant.
As for educational outbreaks, three have occurred in Tenerife, with 9, 6 and 4 associated cases; and another in Gran Canaria, with 5 people affected. In all cases, part of those infected were already in the family environment.
Regarding the sports outbreak, which has had branching in the work and family environment, it has been reported in a gym in Tenerife and affects nine people, including two instructors and five users.
In addition, the Ministry reminds that 50 old outbreaks that remain open are still being monitored and point out that "some of them have grown in number of cases." These include one in Gran Canaria, of work origin with family and social branching, which already affects 76 people, one of them in hospital admission; one educational with family branching in Tenerife linked to two nursery schools, with 67 people affected; and one sports-related, with educational, social and family branching, in a football team in Gran Canaria, which already affects 54 people.
Currently, and after completing the vaccination of group 1, there is no outbreak, nor any user of social health centers affected by Covid-19.
