Lanzarote and La Graciosa will remain at alert level 2 for another week, as announced by the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands in a statement. As for the rest of the islands, only changes have been approved in La Gomera and El Hierro, which will drop to level 1 and 2, respectively, "given the improvement in their respective indicators." For its part, Tenerife and Gran Canaria will remain at 4, Fuerteventura at 3 and El Hierro at 1.
The situation of each island is reviewed every Thursday in the Governing Council of the Canary Islands and the decisions are announced at the subsequent press conference, although this time it has been made public directly in a press release. In it, they indicate that according to the latest Public Health report, a decrease of around 28% in the daily average of the number of cases reported in relation to the previous week is observed in the archipelago between August 4 and 10. However, they emphasize that this "pattern" occurs "in all the islands except Lanzarote, which has remained stable."
For their part, La Palma and La Gomera are the ones that have had "the greatest decreases", so it has been decided to lower the level in which they were. Regarding the incidence in people over 65 years of age, the Ministry of Health points out that there is "some stabilization" in Gran Canaria, while in Tenerife and Fuerteventura there is "a slight increase", with the values of this rate in the three islands at high risk. In the case of Lanzarote, it also warns that the incidence in the elderly has been increasing.
Regarding the number of conventional beds occupied by Covid-19 patients, it highlights that "it remains globally in the Autonomous Community", although "the situation differs between the islands". Thus, "while in Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro it decreases, in the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote the occupation is still growing." However, it clarifies that "in all the islands it is at a low or very low risk level, except in Tenerife, which is at medium risk."
The number of ICU beds occupied compared to the previous week continues to increase slightly in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura, while in La Palma it has decreased to one bed occupied in this last week and the rest of the islands, including Lanzarote, are without occupation.
