VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 2: 87 New COVID-19 Cases And 3 Deaths In Hawaii
In the last seven days, 2.8% of COVID-19 tests statewide have come back positive.
Hawaii health officials reported , including 16 cases on the Big Island and a Hawaii resident diagnosed out of state. The remaining cases were identified on Oahu, where three deaths were reported.
The Department of Health has recorded 142 COVID-19 related deaths to date, but that does not include many of the deaths reported on Hawaii island. Civil Beat calculates 156 deaths so far, which includes — 27 of which are associated with an outbreak at
The family of one of the veterans who died at Yukio Okutsu is suing Utah-based Avalon Health Care, which manages the home.
There are 142 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 45 people in intensive care units. They, along with other patients, currently occupy 70% of the state’s intensive care beds and 65% of the general hospital beds available in the state.
Hawaiian, United, American and Alaska airlines are all working on offering Hawaii-approved tests to passengers in major markets, as the state gets ready to launch its pre-travel testing program to restart tourism in the state.
Some 99% of the tests administered by the airlines will be tests that produce results in 15 minutes or so, Green said.
The state’s quarantine facilities are at 32% capacity, with 140 individuals in government provided rooms.
Oahu’s framework for reopening is based on two metrics: the average number of daily cases and the average number of tests that return positive each week — a figure referred to as the positivity rate.
In the last seven days, and the island saw an average of .
The plan has . Honolulu is beginning at Tier 1 — the most restrictive tier. To reach , the most relaxed tier, the island needs a seven-day average positivity rate of less than 1% and an average of less than 20 daily new cases.
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Cases, Deaths And COVID-19 Testing In Hawaii
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