VIRUS TRACKER — Dec. 9: 80 New COVID-19 Cases In Hawaii and 4 Deaths

In the last seven days, 1.8% of COVID-19 tests in Hawaii have come back positive.

By /
Reading time: 3 minutes.

Health officials reported 80 on Wednesday, including 45 on Oahu, 12 on the Big Island, 15 on Maui and one on Kauai. Seven Hawaii residents were diagnosed with COVID-19 out of state.

Four fatalities were reported on Oahu. The state’s official death toll is 266 and the statewide COVID-19 fatality rate is 1.6%.

Civil Beat calculates at least 272 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.

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.

During the last week, Hawaii has recorded an average daily case rate of .

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 1,179 cases recorded during the last two weeks — a metric that the health department uses as a proxy to estimate how many people currently have active infections.

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

Cases, Deaths And COVID-19 Testing In Hawaii

18,741
COVID-19 Cases
272
Deaths
714,668
Tests performed
Source: ,

Honolulu’s 7-Day Averages


Current Tier*
72
Daily Case Count
2.2%
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

Want more information on COVID-19 in Hawaii? You can read all of Civil Beat’s coronavirus coverage, find answers to frequently asked questions or sign up for email newsletter updates — all for free. And check out pictures of how community groups and volunteers have been helping out in our Community Scrapbook.

Support Independent, Unbiased News

Civil Beat is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom based in ±á²¹·É²¹¾±Ê»¾±. When you give, your donation is combined with gifts from thousands of your fellow readers, and together you help power the strongest team of investigative journalists in the state.

 

About the Author