773 new Covid cases reported on April 12 in the Canary Islands

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands reports that since the last data update on Friday there have been 773 new COVID-19 cases registered among people over 60 years of age, which is the population group that is followed up after passing the acute phase of the pandemic.

Therefore, the accumulated number of coronavirus cases among this group amounts to 51,246 people in the Canary Islands. Thus, the Cumulative Incidence as of April 11, for this age group at 14 days stands at 631.11 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 7 days at 287.29

Currently, in the Archipelago there are 280 people admitted with coronavirus, of which 27 are in the ICU and the rest, 253, on the ward

On the other hand, the Canary Islands registered 12 deaths in the last three days, of which 6 were reported in Tenerife, 5 in Gran Canaria and 1 in La Gomera. The deceased, aged between 72 and 92 years, were all hospitalized and had previous pathologies.