The Ministry of Health has updated the health alert levels after the epidemiological report of the General Directorate of Public Health with consolidated data as of April 6, carried out in accordance with the new criteria of the COVID-19 Surveillance and Control Strategy after the acute phase of the Pandemic, based on indicators of use of care services.
The island of The Palm lowered to alert level 1, after the favorable evolution of its indicators. The rest of the islands continue at the same level in which they were: Tenerife and Gran Canaria at level 2, or medium risk, and Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Gomera and El Hierro at level 1, or low risk.
The indicators of use of health services, referring to the occupation of beds are fundamentally those that mark the seriousness caused by the COVID-19, and those that are taken into consideration to determine the level of health risk. In this way, five alert levels are established (from 0 to 4) that assess whether the situation is Controlled Traffic, which would be the lowest, or low, medium, high or very high risk.
Healthcare indicators
The indicators care present a favorable evolution and the daily average of conventional hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients decreases by 21.4% and with an occupancy percentage that is average for the Canary Islands as a whole and for Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and low or in controlled circulation for the rest of the islands.
The number of occupied ICU beds maintains the downward trend, decreasing by 25.5% compared to the previous evaluation. The percentage of employment is at low risk in the Autonomous Community as a whole. Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote are at a low risk level in this indicator and the rest of the islands remain in controlled circulation. The occupancy rate of ICU beds per 100,000 inhabitants shows a stable trend in the last week, standing at 1.3 ICU beds used per 100,000 inhabitants, at low risk. The islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria are at a low irrigation level for this indicator and the rest of the islands remain at a controlled circulation level.
Incidence in people older than 60 years
In the Autonomous Community as a whole, the Accumulated Incidence rate at seven days for those over 60 years of age stands at 333.73 cases per 100,000 inhabitants as of April 4, which represents a decrease of 12.6%, with respect to to the previous week. In the last seven days, this indicator of virus transmission has shown a downward trend. All the islands are at medium risk, like the Community as a whole, except Lanzarote, La Gomera and El Hierro, which are at low risk. For this indicator, in the last week Lanzarote rose slightly, Fuerteventura remained stable and the rest recorded falling figures.
