Lanzarote adds another fourteen new cases of coronavirus provisionally in the last 24 hours, as reported by the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands. The number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the pandemic has risen to 1,609.
Throughout the archipelago, the Ministry of Health has provisionally reported 149 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus. The total number of accumulated cases in the Canary Islands is 27,482. In the last 24 hours, one death from COVID-19 has been recorded in Tenerife.
By islands, Tenerife adds 63 new cases, bringing its accumulated cases to 13,570. Gran Canaria registers 61 new cases and 10,712 accumulated cases. Fuerteventura, with one new case, has 1,005 accumulated cases. La Palma and La Gomera have no new cases, so they continue with 300 and 193 accumulated cases, respectively. For its part, the statistics for El Hierro today include 10 confirmed cases in the outbreak at the Echedo socio-health center after a screening at the center, which was already reported in a press release yesterday Friday. Therefore, the accumulated cases on this island amount to 93.
The Ministry of Health reminds that these data are provisional, since the Coordinating Center for Alerts and Emergencies does not receive epidemiological information from the Autonomous Communities on weekends and holidays, so there will be no communication of complete data nor will the Grafcan website be updated these days, but rather these provisional data that will be reviewed and consolidated according to the protocols. The daily update will be active again this Monday, January 4.
Call for responsibility and awareness
Given the continuous and progressive increase in cases of COVID-19 that has been recorded in recent days, the Ministry of Health emphasizes the importance of following hygiene and health recommendations to prevent infections in the final stretch of the Christmas holidays.
Thus, it reminds that the use of masks, frequent hand hygiene, interpersonal distancing, cleaning and ventilation of rooms are basic measures to avoid infections and stop the curve.
Finally, it also appeals to the responsibility of the municipal authorities, especially those localities in which the coronavirus is currently having the greatest impact, and reminds the town councils of the importance of enforcing the current protection regulations against SARS-CoV-2, controlling, through their respective Local Police forces, the capacity and schedules, the correct use of masks, compliance with time restrictions on the mobility of people at night, etc.
