Lanzarote seems to have avoided the large spike in cases that was feared after Easter and remains at "medium risk", but the same is not true for the island's capital. And it is that the increase that has occurred, although it is less than expected, is concentrated especially in Arrecife.
On Wednesday, March 31, just before the holidays began, Arrecife had an accumulated incidence at 7 days of 38.67 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and two weeks later it has risen to more than double. Specifically, this Thursday it stood at 83.53, which implies that the capital has risen again to "high risk".
However, the situation in the rest of the municipalities lowers the island's average, which is currently at 51.28. According to the criteria established by the Interterritorial Health Council, the medium risk is in a range of between 25 and 75 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 7 days, the high risk (equivalent to alert level 3) between 75 and 125 and the very high risk (equivalent to alert level 4) from 125.
However, although the island's average remains for the moment far from rising in risk level, the truth is that it has also increased 23 points in the last two weeks. In this case, on March 31 it was at 28.24 and this Thursday it had risen to 51.34.
The new cases, municipality by municipality
In total, Arrecife has added 54 cases of Covid in the last 7 days, according to the latest detailed report from the Ministry of Health. The next most affected municipality in the last week has been Yaiza, which has added 7 cases, raising its incidence to 7 days to 41 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The third municipality with the most cases has been Teguise, which has added 6 in the same period, with its incidence at 7 days standing at 26.43. They are followed by San Bartolomé, with 4 cases and an incidence of 26.43; and Tías and Haría, with two cases each. However, the difference in population between both municipalities makes their incidence very different. In the case of Tías, it is the only municipality that is this week in "minimum risk", with an accumulated incidence of 9.6, while in Haría it has risen to 38.
Finally, Tinajo has also added a positive in the last 7 days, and its accumulated incidence is 15.54 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This places it in "low risk", together with San Bartolomé, while Yaiza, Teguise and Haría are in "medium risk".
