HAWAII VIRUS TRACKER — Jan. 6: 143 New COVID-19 Cases And 10 Deaths

Maui continues to see an uptick in new infections.

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Health officials reported 10 deaths and 143 on Wednesday, including 85 on Oahu, 29 on Maui, eight on the Big Island, three on Kauai, one on Molokai and 17 residents diagnosed out of state.

Nine deaths were on Oahu and one was on Maui. No further details were immediately available.

To date, 22,310 people in Hawaii have been diagnosed with COVID-19, including 1,543 in the past two weeks.

The official from the virus is now 299. Civil Beat calculates at least 305 people have died from the disease in Hawaii, including six deaths on Hawaii island confirmed by local county authorities that are still pending medical verification by the state.

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.

Across the state, 3.5% of people tested during the past week have been confirmed to have COVID-19.

That positivity rate is influenced by . On Oahu, 4.5% of people tested last week were confirmed to have COVID-19, with an average of 103 new infections recorded daily.

In Maui County, 3.5% of people tested during the last week had positive results, with an average of 27 new cases reported daily.

Hawaii County’s testing positivity rate is 2.3% and Kauai County’s is 0.8%.

More than 25,470 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the state, most of them on Oahu, according to

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

Cases, Deaths And COVID-19 Testing In Hawaii

22,168
COVID-19 Cases
305
Deaths
836,346
Tests performed
Source: ,

Honolulu’s 7-Day Averages


Current Tier*
102
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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