The municipality of Tías has experienced another black week in the spread of Covid, adding 55 new cases diagnosed in just seven days. This has made the accumulated incidence in relation to the population skyrocket again, ranking as the second worst municipality in the Canary Islands and even exceeding the average incidence in all of Spain.
Specifically, the incidence in the last seven days has risen in Tías to 272 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to the national average of 244. In addition, in the archipelago only the municipality of Valverde, in El Hierro, is above that figure, reaching 379. In the case of the Herreño municipality, the new cases diagnosed have been 19, but its population is much smaller than that of Tías.
As for the whole of Lanzarote, the same situation is repeated, since El Hierro is the only island that registers a higher incidence. For days, Lanzarote has far exceeded what had been the most affected island, Tenerife, which has also been overtaken by Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura.
In the last seven days, Lanzarote has an average accumulated incidence of 172 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 106 in Fuerteventura, 72 in Gran Canaria, 68 in Tenerife, 55 in La Gomera and 25 in La Palma. At the head of all is El Hierro, with 209.
By municipalities, although the highest incidence per population is that of Tías, the highest number of cases in the last week has been diagnosed in Arrecife, with a total of 115, 24 of them in the past day. This represents an accumulated incidence in seven days of 182 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
The third most affected municipality has been San Bartolomé, with 34 new positives in a week and an accumulated incidence in seven days of 180 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. As for Teguise, it is in fourth place, with 29 new cases and an accumulated incidence of 129 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days.
These figures have placed these four municipalities -Tías, Arrecife, San Bartolomé and Teguise- with the maximum risk rating in the latest detailed report from the Ministry of Health, which is also the one that the island as a whole has moved to. In the Canary Islands, only El Hierro and Lanzarote are currently with that rating of “very high risk”, while Fuerteventura is at “high risk” and the rest of the islands at “medium risk.”
However, these health parameters have not been transferred for the moment to the alert levels that are reviewed weekly by the regional government. Last Thursday, Lanzarote rose to alert level 2 together with Gran Canaria, while Tenerife remained at level 3, although this could be reviewed this week.
Regarding the other three municipalities on the island, Tinajo and Yaiza are at “medium risk” in the latest Health report and Haría at “low risk” in relation to the accumulated incidence. In the last week, Yaiza has added ten new cases (with an accumulated incidence of 60), Tinajo four cases (and an accumulated incidence of 63) and Haría only one case, which represents an accumulated incidence of 19 per 100,000 inhabitants.
In addition, in the last seven days cases have also continued to grow in people over 65 years of age, especially also in the municipality of Tías (with 139 per 100,000 inhabitants in this population group), Arrecife (119 per 100,000) and San Bartolomé (100 per 100,000). Yaiza follows, with an accumulated incidence per inhabitant of 63, while in Haría, Teguise and Tinajo there have been no cases, neither this week nor the previous one, in people over 65.
