The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands provisionally notifies this Thursday of 5,088 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19. The total of accumulated cases in the Canary Islands is 175,113 with 58,591 active, of which 60 are admitted to the ICU and 430 remain hospitalized. In the last hours, the death of six people has been reported: five in Tenerife and one in Gran Canaria, pending validation by the General Directorate of Public Health.
The Cumulative Incidence at 7 days in the Canary Islands stands at 1,174.89 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 14 days at 1,243.92 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
By islands, Tenerife adds 2,334 cases with a total of 87,104 accumulated cases and 30,631 epidemiologically active cases; Gran Canaria has 62,330 accumulated cases, 1,782 more than the previous day and 19,406 active. Lanzarote adds 392 new cases with 12,2889 accumulated and 3,541 epidemiologically active; Fuerteventura has 8,120 accumulated cases, with 246 new cases and 2,888 active. La Palma adds 251 new positives, so it has 3,526 accumulated and 1,726 active. La Gomera adds 35 new cases, so it has 973 and its assets are 207 and El Hierro adds 47 new positives, so its accumulated are 762 and it has 186 active cases. In the count by islands, a case is pending validation.
Until this Thursday, a total of 2,833,534 diagnostic tests have been carried out on the Islands, of which 16,669 correspond to the previous day.
The Ministry of Health recalls that these data published this Thursday in the Grafcan portal are provisional and are pending validation by the Public Health teams. In this way, the dynamics of the Coordinating Center for Alerts and Emergencies is followed, which does not receive epidemiological information from the Autonomous Communities on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Therefore, the data contained in this press release may vary once they are epidemiologically reviewed and consolidated by the General Directorate of Public Health according to the established protocols, so in the coming days discrepancies may arise in the updating of the data contained in the Grafcan website.