The Ministry of Health reports three new coronavirus outbreaks in Lanzarote in the last week. In the Archipelago as a whole, the Ministry of Health has confirmed a total of 46 outbreaks with 269 cases. These new outbreaks are distributed by islands in 20 in Gran Canaria, 14 in Tenerife, eight in Fuerteventura, and one in La Gomera.
By area in which they occurred, 16 are social, 12 family, nine work-related, five in socially vulnerable groups, three educational, and one healthcare-related.
The Ministry of Health points out that the majority of outbreaks range between three and eight cases, except for four that exceed the figure of 10 infected people, the largest being one of healthcare origin with family ramifications, with 22 affected.
Of the five outbreaks produced in socially vulnerable groups notified among people arriving in the Canary Islands by pateras or canoes, four have been registered in Fuerteventura and one in Gran Canaria.
The family outbreaks, all produced between families from different homes, range between three and eight associated cases, except for two with nine affected each.
The social outbreaks have between three and six associated cases, except for one with eleven infected people and another with seven affected, with family ramifications and related to a Halloween party.
Also, the work-related outbreaks have between three and six associated cases, except for one with family ramifications that has nine people affected.
The three educational outbreaks, all with family ramifications, have been registered in Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, with six, four and seven affected, respectively.
The healthcare outbreak, with family ramifications, has been registered at the Hospital San Roque Meloneras, with 22 people affected, including 13 patients and five workers.
Monitoring is also continuing on five old outbreaks, among which, due to being among the most numerous, the one registered in Tenerife with ramifications in the Breña Alta Day Center, in La Palma, which already affects 45 people, and another family outbreak in Tenerife, which has nine affected, stand out.