SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 26. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Since last Friday, the Canary Islands have registered 926 new positives in COVID-19 among people over 60 years of age, which is the population group that is followed up after passing the acute phase of the pandemic, so the accumulated number of cases of coronavirus among this group amounts to 91,282 people in the Canary Islands.
On the other hand, in the last four days there have been 21 deaths, fourteen notified in Tenerife, six in Gran Canaria and one in El Hierro. All the people, aged between 56 and 96, had previous pathologies and were hospitalized.
The Cumulative Incidence for people over 60 years of age at 14 days stands at 1,108.19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 7 days at 452.64. Since last July 8, a sustained decrease in the cumulative incidence at 7 days has been observed, when we reached 913 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Currently, in the Archipelago there are 460 people admitted with coronavirus, of which 27 are in the ICU and the rest, 433, on the ward.