Staggering 655 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 8/5

In the latest COVID-19 cases report from the Government of the Aloha State, 655 new Hawaii COVID-19 cases bringing the total to 44,617 (up 1.4% from the previous day). This is the highest number of cases recorded in one day yet.

According to Lt. Gov. Josh Green, this surging is due to the Delta Variant. As a direct result, hospitalizations are growing as well with today finding 166 being treated in a hospital, a positivity rate of 6.89%.

To date, 1,883,809 COVID-19 tests have been conducted with 42,439 resulting in a positive reading and marking today’s positivity rate at 6.9%.

Currently, the average daily cases is 437.6. There were a total of 4,391 cases reported in the past 14 days. Total deaths to date are 538 (1.2%).

The breakdown of today’s cases are:

Oahu: 428

Hawaii County: 131

Maui County: 69

Kauai County: 7

CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION

To avoid mandatory quarantine, the Vaccination Exception Program is an option for those who have been vaccinated in Hawai‘i, until July 8 when it extends to those vaccinated in the United States. Details at HawaiiCOVID19.com/travel/faqs.

The state of Hawai‘i will ONLY accept Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from a certified Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) lab test results from TRUSTED TESTING AND TRAVEL PARTNERS, including any tests verified through the State’s Digital Health Pass partners – CLEAR and Common Pass. For the full list of Domestic trans-Pacific, International and airline partners, go to TRUSTED TESTING AND TRAVEL PARTNERS.

Previous New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases Information.

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