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Persuading enough residents to roll up a sleeve for the vaccine for the state to achieve herd immunity is expected to be a challenge.

There were no new deaths reported by the health department.

The state has now topped 21,000 cases, according to the health department.

The health department says four virus clusters have been traced to church gatherings in December.

The state now expects it will receive a reduced total of 61,450 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna by year’s end.

Officials are working on vaccinating staff and patients in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and the CNMI.

In the last two weeks, 1,733 people in Hawaii have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Hawaii health regulators anticipate the arrival of thousands more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine across all counties next week.

Hawaii wants the U.S. Supreme Court to prohibit states from levying income tax on people who work from home in another state.

Younger people continue to make up the greatest share of infections recorded to date.