871 new Covid cases reported on April 5th in the Canary Islands

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands reports that since the last data update last Friday there have been 871 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 49,604 people in the Canary Islands. Thus, the Cumulative Incidence as of April 4, for this age group at 14 days stands at 699.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and at 7 days at 288.7.

Currently, there are 304 people admitted to the hospital with coronavirus, of which 27 are in the ICU and the rest, 277, on the ward.

On the other hand, the Canary Islands registered nine deaths in the last four days, of which seven were reported in Tenerife and two in Gran Canaria. The deceased, aged between 70 and 90 years, except for one case of 53 years, were all hospitalized and had previous pathologies.