HAWAII VIRUS TRACKER — Jan. 1: 241 New COVID-19 Cases

One new death was reported on Oahu.

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Health officials reported 241  on Friday, including 190 on Oahu, 28 in Maui County, 13 on the Big Island, one in Kauai and nine residents who were diagnosed out of the state. One new death was reported on Oahu.

To date, 21,638 people in Hawaii have been diagnosed with COVID-19, including 1,727 in the past two weeks.

Nationwide, the number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 rose above 20 million, with 347,517 deaths.

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, leaving a 36-hour lag between when results are submitted to the Department of Health and when the state reports them publicly.

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell called the latest figures “very troubling” and said in a post on Twitter that the case number and a positivity rate of 4.1% “is the highest Oahu has seen since we reopened our island last summer.” He said the increase could be part of a holiday surge and expressed hope it would be short-lived.

Statewide, the two-week test positivity rate was 3.1%, according to Hawaii’s Department of Health.

Roughly 15% of cases diagnosed in December were associated with travel, with the bulk of cases in Hawaii being spread in the community.

The official from the virus is 289. Civil Beat calculates at least 294 people have died from the disease in Hawaii, including five deaths on Hawaii island that are still pending medical verification by the state.

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Cases, Deaths And COVID-19 Testing In Hawaii

21,638
COVID-19 Cases
294
Deaths
816,811
Tests performed
Source: ,

Honolulu’s 7-Day Averages


Current Tier*
93
Daily Case Count
4.1%
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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