Health officials reported 90 on Sunday and three more deaths, all on Oahu.
The cases included 58 people on Oahu, eight on Maui, four on Kauai, 10 on Hawaii island and 10 Hawaii residents diagnosed outside of the state. Due to a Department of Health lag in reporting, the case numbers provided Sunday only reflect the new cases reported through Friday.
There is a major outbreak at the state’s largest prison聽on Oahu. As of Sunday, the at Halawa Correctional Facility had risen to 167 inmates and 28 staff. Halawa has 936 inmates.
鈥淭he security and medical staff are working around the clock to safeguard the staff and inmates and keep the virus from spreading. We are seeking alternative resources to assist staff with the management of this situation,鈥 said Max Otani, PSD director, in a news release Sunday.
Reporting Lag
Meanwhile, on Oahu’s North Shore, the World Surf League Friday at the Billabong Pipe Masters after at least five staff members, including its CEO, tested positive.
Hawaii could receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses as early as next week, Gov. David Ige said Thursday.
Civil Beat鈥檚 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.
Civil Beat calculates at least 280 people have died from the disease in Hawaii, including six deaths on Hawaii island that are still pending medical verification by the state. The has recorded 49 deaths on the Big Island.
According to Janice Okubo, spokeswoman for the Hawaii Department of Health, the COVID-19 case reports are based on test results from laboratories statewide and include test results from both residents and tourists tested within the state.
The results of Hawaii residents who test positive out of state also are included, as well as cases confirmed among military service members and their families, although military cases are not specifically indicated.
If a visitor takes a test outside of Hawaii, those test results are reported to their home state health authorities and would not be reflected in the Hawaii health department’s reports. In some cases, rapid point-of-care testing results are not submitted to the DOH and are not included in these daily reports either.
There were 1,319 cases recorded during the last two weeks 鈥 a metric that the health department uses as a proxy to estimate how many people currently have active infections.
Of the 19,235 cases of COVID-19 identified in Hawaii so far, 7% have required hospitalization and 93% were residents.
For more information, check or , and . The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency also provides this
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