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Hawaii Daily COVID-19 update of coronavirus reports and statistics from government departments as of Tuesday, March 9, 2021 in the Aloha State. Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ Daily and Weekly Preliminary Vaccine Administration Updates The charts below will be included in the Daily News Digest, Monday-Friday. 42 New COVID-19 Cases Reported DOH reports 42 new cases of coronavirus today, with 16 cases on O‘ahu, 18 on Maui, 7 on Hawai‘i Island, and... Read More

In the latest COVID-19 cases report from the Government of the Aloha State, 42 new Hawaii COVID-19 cases were reported bringing the total to 27,977 (up 0.2% from the previous day). To date, 1,150,625 COVID-19 tests have been conducted with 27,857 resulting in a positive reading and marking today’s positivity rate at 1.1%. Currently, the average daily cases is 48.9. There were a total of 645 cases reported in the past... Read More

In the latest COVID-19 cases report from the Government of the Aloha State, 45 new Hawaii COVID-19 cases were reported bringing the total to 27,935 (up 0.2% from the previous day). To date, 1,146,955 COVID-19 tests have been conducted with 27,812 resulting in a positive reading and marking today’s positivity rate at 1.1%. Currently, the average daily cases is 47.4. There were a total of 648 cases reported in the past... Read More

As some Americans may be finalizing spring break plans to the nation's 50th state this week, an influx of tropical moisture causing a flood threat in Hawaii may dampen plans throughout a majority of the week. Moisture began to push northward into part of the Hawaiian island chain this past weekend and is forecast to ramp up this week. The first locales to feel the effects of this surge of moisture... Read More

The Department of Health State Laboratories Division (SLD) has detected a new highly-transmissable COVID variant of concern. This new strain has the technical name B.1.351 and is sometimes referred to as the South Africa COVID variant. It was found in an O‘ahu resident with no travel history.  “This is concerning because B.1.351 has a mutation that makes it more transmissible from one person to another, and a separate mutation that might... Read More

Office of the Governor: Governor approves Kaua‘i’s re-entry into Safe Travels for Trans-Pacific travelers Gov. David Ige has approved Kaua‘i Mayor Derek Kawakami’s request to rejoin the Safe Travels pre-travel testing program for Trans-Pacific travel, effective April 5, 2021. Existing rules for travel to Kaua‘i remain in place until that date. Gov. Ige said, “This emergency rule will simplify travel to Hawai‘i by including Kaua‘i in the existing Safe Travels program.... Read More

In the latest COVID-19 cases report from the Government of the Aloha State, 54 new Hawaii COVID-19 cases were reported bringing the total to 27,753 (up 0.2% from the previous day). To date, 1,136,395 COVID-19 tests have been conducted with 27,648 resulting in a positive reading and marking today’s positivity rate at 1%. Currently, the average daily cases is 44.7. There were a total of 639cases reported in the past 14... Read More

Hawaii Daily COVID-19 update of coronavirus reports and statistics from government departments as of Thursday, March 4, 2021 in the Aloha State. Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ Daily and Weekly Preliminary Vaccine Administration Updates The charts below will be included in the Daily News Digest, Monday-Friday. Vaccinations for People 70+ Begin Next Monday Beginning Monday, March 8 the state is expanding the pool of those eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. “We are excited to be... Read More