Yaiza becomes the municipality with the highest incidence of Covid and Arrecife is already at "low risk"

Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Tenerife currently double and even triple the incidence of Covid-19 in Lanzarote, which is even beginning to approach the level 1 indicators.

March 9 2021 (21:53 WET)
Terrace of La Miñoca bar in El Charco de San Ginés

The decrease that Lanzarote continues to register in diagnosed cases of Covid is especially noticeable in Arrecife, which this Tuesday is already at "low risk" in the accumulated incidence at 7 days, which would even be equivalent to an alert level 1, if the rest of the indicators are met.

In total, Arrecife has registered 12 cases of coronavirus in the last week, which is one of the best figures on the island in relation to its population. At the opposite extreme is Yaiza, which has become the municipality with the highest incidence. In the last 7 days, Yaiza has added 10 cases, compared to 12 in Arrecife. In the accumulated incidence, this represents 60.35 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the southern municipality, while Arrecife is at 19.05 this Tuesday (the average for Lanzarote is 23.64, also at "low risk").

The second most affected municipality in the last week has been Tías, which has added eight new cases and accumulates an incidence at 7 days of 39.66 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. However, both Yaiza and Tías remain at the level of "medium risk", which is equivalent to alert level 2, compared to the 3 that is currently in force in Lanzarote.

In that same level of risk is Haría, which has added two new cases in the last 7 days, but in relation to its population it represents an incidence of 39.04. As for San Bartolomé, it is at "low risk" - like Arrecife - with an incidence of 15.94 in 7 days, having added only 3 cases in the last week. 

For their part, Teguise and Tinajo are at "minimum risk" (which would be equivalent to the "new normal"). The first has only added one case in the last 7 days and has an incidence of 4.48 and the second has not registered any, so the incidence at 7 days is zero.

In addition, in the last week no cases have been detected in people over 65 years of age in almost any municipality on the island. The only ones have occurred in San Bartolomé and Teguise, which would correspond to the only positive that this municipality has had this week.

Regarding the incidence at 14 days, in four municipalities (Arrecife, Haría, Tías and Yaiza) it remains at "medium risk" and in three (San Bartolomé, Teguise and Tinajo) it is already at "low risk", with an incidence ranging from 26.59 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in San Bartolomé to 120.69 in Yaiza. 

 

Indicators to lower to level 2 and approaching level 1

In the whole of the island, the indicators already point to an imminent decrease in the alert level, which currently remains at level 3, equivalent to a "high risk", despite the fact that most were already at "medium risk" last week and this week several have even dropped to "low risk".

Specifically, the accumulated incidence at 7 days (with 23.64 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) and the incidence in people over 65 years of age, both at 7 and 14 days, are at "low risk" in Lanzarote. In addition, this Monday the positivity (the percentage of positives for each test performed), the traceability (the cases that can be traced and assigned to an outbreak) and the occupancy of beds on the floor in the Hospital, which is at 0.95%, with only three patients, are at "minimum risk".

As for the occupancy in the ICU, it continues to be the worst indicator and the only one that remains at "high risk" in Lanzarote. This Tuesday there are 10 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Molina Orosa, which according to the latest detailed report from the Ministry of Health, represents an occupancy rate of 20.83%.

Along with Lanzarote, three other islands of the Canary Islands are at "high risk" in the percentage of occupancy in the ICU: Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura, all of them at alert level 2. In addition, while in Lanzarote that data is decreasing, as fewer cases have been registered for weeks, in the other three, and especially in Fuerteventura, it is increasing.

Both these three islands and El Hierro have had a much higher incidence than Lanzarote for at least two weeks, doubling and even tripling it. At 7 days, the accumulated incidence is 66.14 in Gran Canaria, 57.32 in Fuerteventura, 56.22 in Tenerife and 54.7 in El Hierro, while in Lanzarote it is 23.64.

As for the incidence at 14 days, the highest is that of Fuerteventura, with 155.71; followed by Gran Canaria with 122.29, El Hierro with 118.53 and Tenerife with 106.12, compared to 74.86 in Lanzarote. In addition, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura are at medium risk or high risk due to incidence in the elderly, and Lanzarote is at low risk this Tuesday.

 

The eight indicators

Along with that of the ICU, the second worst indicator in Lanzarote continues to be the incidence at 14 days, which is still below most of the islands and at medium risk, which would be equivalent to alert level 2.

According to the criteria established months ago in the Interterritorial Council of Health, the alert levels are activated based on eight indicators. To establish an alert level, there must be at least three indicators - one of them related to hospital pressure - at that level of risk. The "very high risk" corresponds to level 4, the "high risk" to level 3, the "medium risk" to level 2, the "low risk" to level 1 and the "minimum risk" to the "new normal". 

In Lanzarote, only the occupancy in the ICU continues to be at "high risk" and even at "medium risk" there is only one indicator, that of the incidence at 14 days. The rest are at low or minimum risk this Tuesday.

However, it will be next Thursday when the Governing Council of the Canary Islands will re-evaluate the situation of all the islands, since apart from the criteria established as a guide, they adopt the final decision in these reviews.

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