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Health officials have reported four deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the state’s coronavirus death toll to 38.

The state Department of Health is trying to hire new staff to address a shortage as the virus spreads.

Despite a troubling rise in the number of cases, the public does not seem to have an appropriate sense of urgency, an epidemic tracking expert says.

The pandemic is allowing private instructors to offer small group lessons to parents who are wary of children returning to school campuses — and who can afford it.

Data shows nine inmates and seven staff at the state’s largest jail have tested positive so far in the coronavirus outbreak.

Most neighbor island schools will now start with all distance learning as HSTA pressures the administration.

UPDATED: The health department says two elderly Oahu men have died, bringing the total death toll to 36.

The Hawaii congresswoman says that state Health Director Bruce Anderson and Epidemiologist Sarah Park have put the community in danger by being slow to hire more COVID-19 contact tracers.

With six inmates and three staff already testing positive, OCCC staff worry the prison system is unprepared to control the virus.

Mayor Kirk Caldwell is among more than 1,000 city employees being tested for the disease after a cluster surfaced.