Lanzarote and La Graciosa will continue for another week at alert level 3 for coronavirus, as announced by the Ministry of Health.
La Palma is the only island that is undergoing changes and drops to level 3 given the favorable evolution of its indicators. The rest of the islands remain as they were, which means that Tenerife and Gran Canaria remain at alert level 4; and Fuerteventura, El Hierro, La Gomera, Lanzarote and La Graciosa at level 3.
In the Autonomous Community as a whole, between January 25 and 31, 9,402 new cases of Covid-19 were reported, which represents a reduction of around 44.8% in the daily average of new cases in relation to the previous week. Data that responds to the decrease of 44.8% of the Accumulated Incidence (AI) at 7 days in the Canary Islands. From a weekly average of 782.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, it went to 432.1 cases this week.
The island that decreases the most in incidence at 7 days is Lanzarote, which drops 53.6%. However, all the islands are at a very high risk level in this indicator, as is the case with the AI at 7 days in people over 65 years of age and in the AI at 14 days, which are at very high risk in all the islands, although in both indicators there are decreases in the Archipelago as a whole of 31.5% and 47.2%, respectively. El Hierro is the only island that registers an increase in the AI indicator at 7 days for people over 65 years of age, which increases by 25%.
Care indicators
Regarding care indicators, the daily average of occupied conventional hospital beds remains practically unchanged compared to the previous week, and with an average occupancy of 17%, it is at high risk. The percentage of occupancy in Tenerife and Gran Canaria is at a very high risk level; Lanzarote and La Gomera at a high risk level; Fuerteventura and La Palma at medium risk; and El Hierro at low risk.
The number of occupied ICU beds maintains the upward trend, increasing by 3.5 percent compared to the previous evaluation. The percentage of occupancy in the Archipelago as a whole is 23%. Tenerife and Gran Canaria are at a very high risk level, Fuerteventura remains at a medium risk level, while the rest of the islands are in controlled circulation.
Median age
The median age of all people hospitalized for Covid in the last 30 days is 72 years and 67 years in those admitted to the ICU, while the median age of those who died in the last 30 days is 81 and a half years, with a range that spans from 37 to 99 years.
42% of people admitted to critical units diagnosed during the last 30 days had not received the full vaccination schedule, a high percentage if we take into account that only 18.46 percent of the population over 5 years of age has not yet been vaccinated.
