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In many Western states, as well as Arkansas which has a large Marshallese population, these communities have virus rates that far exceed their share of the population.

Every1ne Hawaii used its founders’ connections to wealthy investors and local influencers to buy and distribute millions of masks.

Public health officials warned residents not to let down their guard despite recent low case counts.

Hawaii health officials believe the dwindling number of new positive test results is a lull and expect virus cases to rise again once the economy starts opening up.

State, county and health experts are publicly at odds over whether enough trained workers are in place to track an expected resurgence of the virus, especially when tourists return.

As of Thursday, about 87% of those infected had gotten better.

UPDATED: Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that he is lifting some restrictions because Hawaii has gone two weeks with fewer than six new cases confirmed per day.

An Associated Press analysis showed Hawaii got about $2 million for each coranavirus case in the state, while hard-hit New York got $24,000 per case.

UPDATED:ÌýLate Tuesday evening, Gov. David Ige announced more businesses will be allowed to reopen in the coming weeks.

Some think the Hawaii Department of Health is woefully short of people doing contact tracing, but the department says it has enough staff to handle the short term.