VIRUS TRACKER — Nov. 19: 107 New COVID-19 Cases

No new fatalities were reported.

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Health officials reported 107 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, including 75 on Oahu, 12 on Hawaii island, four on Kauai, nine on Maui and seven residents diagnosed out of state.

Those cases include one that was recategorized to Hawaii, and another that was recategorized to out-of-state, according to the .

The new cases reported Thursday reflect laboratory results that were submitted electronically to the Hawaii Department of Health between midnight Monday and 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.

The health department’s data team recently shifted its data verification and processing time from 15 hours to 36 hours. Because of an increase in the number of cases and new data that the state has started compiling and publishing on its data dashboard, the department’s data team needs more time to ensure the data does not include duplicate test results or include other errors, DOH spokeswoman Janice Okubo said.

Reporting Lag

Civil Beat’s virus tracker is updated when the state releases its daily numbers. The state posts new data daily at noon. The cases in the daily reports reflect laboratory results collected up until midnight two days prior, which means there is a 36-hour lag between when results are submitted to the Department of Health and when the state reports them publicly.

The COVID-19 case reports are based on test results from laboratories statewide. The numbers include lab results from both residents and tourists. Since March, 95% of cases diagnosed in the islands have been among residents.

There were 1,527 new cases reported statewide in the last two weeks. Health officials use the number of cases reported in the past 14 days as a rough approximation of the number of active cases, or people who could still be infectious.

Civil Beat calculates at least 240 people have died from the disease in Hawaii including 17 deaths on Hawaii island that have not been recorded yet by the Department of Health due to medical verification lags.

The statewide official death toll is 223. County officials are usually the first to announce local cases and fatalities.

For more information, check or , and . The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency also provides this

Cases, Deaths And COVID-19 Testing In Hawaii

16,841
COVID-19 Cases
240
Deaths
607,362
Tests performed
Source: ,

Honolulu’s 7-Day Averages


Current Tier*
71
Daily Case Count
2.7%
Test Positivity
Source: * The current case numbers and test positivity rate may not correlate with the metrics set for a specific tier as the county must spend at least four consecutive weeks in a tier and meet the metrics for the next tier before advancing, according to the reopening plan. More information of the City and County of Honolulu’s reopening strategy as well as details of the restrictions of , , and can be found at

Hawaii COVID-19 Cases By County

Daily New COVID-19 Cases

Number Of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In U.S.

COVID-19 Cases Worldwide

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