All the islands remain at the same level of health alert due to coronavirus in which they were, reported this Thursday the Ministry of Health After updating the epidemiological report of the General Directorate of Public Health, carried out in accordance with the new criteria of the Surveillance and Control Strategy of Covid-19 after the acute phase of the pandemic, based on indicators of use of care services.
In this way, Gran Canaria Y Tenerife remain at level 2, or medium risk, and Fuerteventura, LanzaroteLa Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro at level 1.
The indicators of the use of health services, referring to the occupation of beds, are fundamentally those that mark the severity caused by 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.
Care indicators continue to evolve favorably and the daily average number of conventional hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients remains at a medium occupancy rate for Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and low or in controlled circulation for the rest of the islands.
Downward trend in ICU bed occupancy
The number of occupied ICU beds maintains the downward trend, decreasing by 27.1% compared to the previous evaluation. The occupancy rate stands at 3%, controlled circulation throughout the Autonomous Community and on all the islands.
The occupancy rate of ICU beds per 100,000 inhabitants remains at 0.8 ICU beds used per 100,000 inhabitants, in the last two weeks, in controlled circulation. Gran Canaria is 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 people over 60 years of age decreased by 12% compared to the previous week. All the islands are at medium risk, like the Community as a whole, except Fuerteventura, which remains at a low risk level, and El Hierro, which rises to high risk.