The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has decided, after analyzing the evolution of epidemiological data, to keep Tenerife at level 4 of health alert for the fourth consecutive week. It was on July 22 when it was decided to tighten the restrictions on the island to stop the coronavirus, a goal that is already beginning to be achieved on the island.
Despite everything, Tenerife has not yet managed to improve its epidemiological indicators, which continue to be at extreme risk (incidences and ICU occupancy), as can be seen in the epidemiological report published daily by Health.
Likewise, the decision to lower the risk level due to the coronavirus disease on the island of La Gomera, which goes to level 1, as well as La Palma, which drops to 2, was announced this Thursday, due to the improvement of its respective indicators.
As for the rest of the islands, they remain at the same alert level as they were for one more week, in such a way that Gran Canaria continues at alert level 4; Fuerteventura, at level 3; Lanzarote (where epidemiologically La Graciosa is included) at level 2; and El Hierro, at level 1, as reported by the Ministry in a statement.
These changes in levels will be effective from 00:00 on Friday, August 13, after the decision is based on the report issued by the General Directorate of Public Health of the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) dated August 11 .
CASES FALL BY 28% IN THE CANARY ISLANDS IN A WEEK
The rest of the islands remain at the level established the previous week and the archipelago as a whole observed, between August 4 and 10, a decrease of around 28% in the daily average of the number of reported cases in relation to the previous week, a pattern that occurs in all the islands except “Lanzarote that has remained stable”.
Following this trend, the average Accumulated Incidence rate at seven days and 14 days decreases both in the Autonomous Community as a whole and in the islands, with the greatest decreases occurring in La Palma and La Gomera.
In the case of the rate in the population over 65 years of age, in the Canary Islands and, specifically, in Gran Canaria, a “certain stabilization” is perceived, while in Tenerife and Fuerteventura a “slight increase” is observed, although in the three islands the values of this rate are “at very high risk”.
The rate of these ages also increases in Lanzarote and El Hierro.
For its part, the number of conventional beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, is maintained jointly in the Canary Islands, however the situation differs between the islands, since while in Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro it decreases, in the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote still continue to grow occupation.
In any case, on all the islands it is at a low or very low risk level, except Tenerife, which is at medium risk.
Finally, the number of occupied ICU beds compared to the previous week continues to increase slightly in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura, while in La Palma it has decreased to one occupied bed in the last week and the rest of the islands are without occupation.
