HAWAII VIRUS TRACKER — Jan. 5: 124 New COVID-19 Cases

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Health officials reported 124 on Tuesday, including 74 on Oahu, 21 on Maui, 12 on the Big Island, one on Kauai, and 16 state residents diagnosed out of state.

To date, 22,168 people in Hawaii have been diagnosed with COVID-19, including 1,642 in the past two weeks.

The nationwide COVID-19 death toll surpassed 350,000 on Sunday, with more than 20.5 million coronavirus cases confirmed,

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 figures include new cases reported on Friday. 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.

On Oahu, 4.5% of people tested during the last week for COVID-19 have been confirmed to be infected. On average, 103 new infections were confirmed daily on Oahu last week. In Maui County, 2.3% of people tested last week had positive results, with an average of 25 new cases reported daily. Hawaii County’s testing positivity rate is 2.2% and Kauai County’s is 0.8%.

The official from the virus remained at 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

22,168
COVID-19 Cases
294
Deaths
832,476
Tests performed
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Honolulu’s 7-Day Averages


Current Tier*
103
Daily Case Count
4.5%
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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