869 new Covid cases reported on April 8th in the Canary Islands

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands reports that since the last data update on Tuesday there have been 869 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 50,473 people in the Canary Islands. Thus, the Cumulative Incidence for this age group at 14 days stands at 682.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 7 days at 309.9.

Currently, in the Archipelago there are 283 people admitted with coronavirus, of which 27 are in the ICU and the rest, 256, on the ward

On the other hand, the Canary Islands registered eight deaths in the last three days, of which four were reported in Tenerife and four in Gran Canaria. The deceased, aged between 73 and 92 years, except for one case of 36 years, were all hospitalized and had previous pathologies.