The Ministry of Health has agreed this Thursday that all the islands will continue at the same alert level as the previous week, so Tenerife and Gran Canaria remain for seven more days at level 4; Fuerteventura in 3; La Palma, Lanzarote and La Graciosa, in 2; and La Gomera and El Hierro, in 1.
According to a statement, "this decision is based on the report of the General Directorate of Public Health, which highlights the downward trend of all pandemic indicators except for stays in ICU beds." The report highlights that during the days August 11 to 17, 2,460 cases have been reported, which represents a decrease in the daily average of the number of cases reported around 37% compared to the previous week. "All the islands have followed this pattern, except Lanzarote, which has remained stable," they emphasize, thus indicating that it is the only island where the incidence is not decreasing.
In addition, Lanzarote has also registered an increase in the incidence in people over 65 years of age, unlike what has happened in the rest of the archipelago. "Despite the general decrease, in Tenerife the rate is at very high risk, high in Gran Canaria, medium in Fuerteventura and the rest of the islands low or very low," the Ministry specifies.
Regarding the characterization of the variants that are circulating in the Canary Islands, according to the data from the last epidemiological week, it is estimated that 89.4% are probable Delta (B.1.617.2), 0.4% Alpha (B.1.1.7) and 0.2 Beta (B.1.351)/Gamma (P1).
