Diario de Fuerteventura 0 COMMENTS 08/18/2021 - 16:48

The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands notified this Wednesday a total of eight outbreaks in Fuerteventura. In the total calculation of the Archipelago, 184 have been notified, which is almost a hundred less than the previous week.

The total of the outbreaks in the Islands adds up to 979 cases, also far from the 1,352 of the previous week. The island with the highest number of outbreaks is Gran Canaria with 89, followed by Tenerife with 76, Lanzarote with 8 and 3 in La Palma.

By area in which they have occurred, 91 are family outbreaks, most of them from different homes; 57 are social shoots; 20 work with family ramifications in most of them; 10 in socially vulnerable groups; two health outbreaks; two of a sports nature, one educational and one socio-sanitary.

The most notable new outbreak is the one detected in a nightlife in Pájara that has six people infected.

In addition to the new outbreaks, 48 ​​old outbreaks are still being monitored in the Canary Islands. One of them, also in a nightlife venue in Pájara, has grown from 19 to 37 people affected.

More than 70 percent of the outbreaks this week in the Islands have between three and five people associated and only 15 outbreaks exceed the number of 10 affected, most of them from socially vulnerable groups such as the migrant group or admitted to centers for minors .

Family and social gatherings

Given the proliferation of social and family outbreaks, which together account for 87.08 percent of the total outbreaks reported this week, the Ministry of Health wants to emphasize the importance of strictly following prevention measures against Covid (use of the mask, correct hand hygiene, ventilation of rooms and safety distance) in family gatherings and with friends, both at homes and in catering establishments or accommodation facilities.

In this summer season, family and social gatherings, trips and celebrations such as weddings, baptisms and birthdays are very common, so it is recommended to reduce the risk of contagion, complying with the capacity in these meetings and, as far as possible, avoid this type of celebration until the incidence of the pandemic in the Canary Islands is reduced.