The Ministry of Health has reported a total of 18 new Covid outbreaks in Lanzarote in the last week. Among them, one of family origin that already affects eight people and another of work origin with the same number of affected stand out.
In the Archipelago as a whole, the Canary Islands add a total of 144 new outbreaks this week with 689 cases. These new outbreaks are distributed by islands as follows: 50 in Gran Canaria, 47 in Tenerife, 18 in Fuerteventura, 18 in Lanzarote, seven in La Palma, two in La Gomera and two in El Hierro.
By area in which they have occurred, 55 are social, 45 family, 20 work, 20 educational, two health, one socio-health and one of mixed origin.
The most numerous outbreaks are three: a socio-health one, with work ramifications, with 26 affected, a social one with family ramifications, with 13 cases, and another of family origin with eleven associated cases, all in Gran Canaria. In general, most outbreaks have between 3 and 7 cases.
Of the 55 social outbreaks, in addition to the one already mentioned with 13 cases in Gran Canaria, another 10 outbreaks related to nightlife stand out, all in Tenerife, with 60 affected; of which three register ten, nine and nine affected and one of them with ramifications on another island. In addition, another seven associated with dinners with friends are counted.
The family outbreaks, all notified between families from different addresses, range between three and seven associated cases, except for four, two of them in Tenerife with eight and nine associated cases, one in Lanzarote and another in Gran Canaria with eight and nine cases, respectively.
Also the work outbreaks have between three and six associated cases, except for one in El Hierro, with social and family ramifications, with 10 associated cases, one in Fuerteventura with nine cases and another in Lanzarote with eight affected, both with family ramifications.
The 20 educational outbreaks, which range between 3 and 6 cases, except for one in Gran Canaria, with seven positives, all have family ramifications and of the total eight have been registered in Tenerife, eight in Gran Canaria, three in Fuerteventura and one in El Hierro.
Of the two health outbreaks, one is notified at the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital and another at the Insular Materno Infantil University Hospital Complex, both with 3 associated cases, all patients.
The socio-health outbreak is notified at the San José de Las Longueras Center, in Gran Canaria, which affects 20 users and six workers.
An outbreak with 273 cases linked to nightlife
Monitoring is also being carried out on 26 old outbreaks, among which, due to being among the most numerous, one associated with a nightlife venue in Tenerife notified last week, which already affects 273 people with cases on other islands; a social one also linked to a leisure venue, with family ramifications, in Tenerife, with 59 cases; and another of mixed origin in Gran Canaria with 49 cases.