The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the Canary Islands on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist was tested positive in La Gomera.[2][3][4] The second confirmed case of the disease in the islands was found on 24 February, following the outbreak in Italy, when a medical doctor from Lombardy, Italy who was vacationing in Tenerife was tested positive for the disease.[5][6][7] Afterwards, multiple cases were detected in Tenerife involving people who had come into contact with the same doctor.[7]
COVID-19 pandemic in the Canary Islands | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Canary Islands |
First outbreak | Germany |
Index case | La Gomera |
Arrival date | 31 January 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 38,170 (as of 15 February 2021)[1] |
Recovered | 1,537 (as of 23 January 2021)[1] |
Deaths | 558 (as of 15 February 2021)[1] |