VIRUS TRACKER — Nov. 24: 61 New COVID-19 Cases In Hawaii, Kauai Reports First Death

Roughly 1,300 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in Hawaii in the last two weeks.

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Health officials recorded on Tuesday, including 45 on Oahu, seven on Hawaii island, one on Kauai, four on Maui, and four more Hawaii residents were diagnosed outside of the state.

Kauai county recorded its first COVID-19 related death, Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami announced in a The Kauai man who died Monday was elderly and had no travel history, according to Kawakami.

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 daily reports reflect laboratory results collected up until 11:59 p.m. 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.

Kawakami urged people to avoid gatherings during the upcoming holiday season.

“We’re facing alarming COVID numbers on our island — 18 new cases in the past four days. That’s the highest rate that we’ve seen all year,” he said. “This is not just a tourist problem. Nearly half of our recent cases are among residents.”

The death on Kauai is not yet reflected in the state Department of Health’s official COVID-19 death toll. Civil Beat calculates at least 251 people have died from the disease in Hawaii including the Kauai death and 17 deaths on Hawaii island that are pending medical verification by the state. To date, 49 deaths on the Big Island have been recorded by the .

The Department of Health’s statewide is 233.

Statewide, there have been 1,313 new cases in the past two weeks. The statewide has hovered around 2% for the past week.

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, 94% of cases diagnosed in the islands have been among residents and 7% have required hospitalization.

More than 100 inmates have tested positive at the Hawaii News Now reported.

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

Cases, Deaths And COVID-19 Testing In Hawaii

17,393
COVID-19 Cases
251
Deaths
636,113
Tests performed
Source: ,

Honolulu’s 7-Day Averages


Current Tier*
77
Daily Case Count
2.5%
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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