VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 5: 52 New COVID-19 Cases In Hawaii
There are approximately 2,202 active infections in Hawaii.
State health officials reported the death of an Oahu woman in her 80s, along with 52 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
Of the cases diagnosed on Monday, one was in Maui County, 10 were on Hawaii island and 41 were on Oahu. State officials also removed two cases from Maui on Monday because of updated information.
The Department of Health has recorded 157 COVID-19 related deaths to date, but that does not include more than a dozen deaths reported on Hawaii island. Civil Beat calculates 174 deaths so far, which includes — 27 of which are associated with an outbreak at Lags in state reporting are common as state health officials wait for information to verify COVID-19 fatalities.
Hawaii is getting ready to implement a pre-travel testing program that will allow travelers with a qualifying negative COVID-19 test to bypass the state’s quarantine. On Monday, Gov. David Ige to allow Kauai to require a second COVID-19 test for travelers to the island,
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 . Statewide, 2.6% of tests came back positive last week.
The plan has . Honolulu is beginning at Tier 1 — the most restrictive tier. The current case numbers and positivity rate on Oahu aligns with Tier 2, but the county has to spend four weeks in a tier before it can loosen restrictions, according to the reopening plan.
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.
There are approximately . Approximately 128 people are hospitalized and another 39 people are in intensive care units. Hawaii hospital beds are at , including both COVID-19 patients and other patients.
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