Big Island Video News

Serving Hawaii County

  • Hawaiʻi Island News Regions
    • Hamakua
      • Mauna Kea
    • Hilo
    • Kau
    • Kona
    • Kohala
    • Puna

BIVN graphic features the number of “active” cases as reported by Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense today, and a map showing zip code areas with reported cases having onset dates in the past 28 days according to the Hawaiʻi health department. There have been changes to the map. The color threshold has been increased. An area of yellow now indicates between one and 25 cases, as opposed to between one and 5 cases as it did before. Therefore, the zip code areas that were light orange in Hilo and Kona are now back to yellow.

Hawaiʻi Civil Defense Message Emphasizes COVID-19 Spread Is Occurring In Hilo
Avatar photo

by Big Island Video News
on Aug 19, 2020 at 8:45 am

Subscribe to Big Island Video News (FREE)

* indicates required

STORY SUMMARY

HILO, Hawaiʻi - Hawaiʻi County Mayor Harry Kim himself delivered the radio message, which stressed that community spread is linked to recent Hilo coronavirus cases.

(BIVN) – Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Hawaiʻi island, and in a morning radio message, emphasized that the new cases are located in Hilo and appear to be the result of community spread.

The radio message was delivered by Hawaiʻi County Mayor Kim.

From the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense:

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-08-19-Coronavirus-Update-1.mp3

On today’s update of COVID-19, the number of active cases, on Hawaii Island, monitored by the Department of Health is twenty-three. There are four new cases of Coronavirus on Hawaii Island. All four of these cases have been identified as Hilo based. These new cases are not associated with any known clusters and are considered community spread. These cases are now isolated and monitored by the Department of Health. At this date, for Hawaii Island, one person is hospitalized.

For your information, a drive through testing is scheduled today in North Kona at the Keauhou Shopping Center. Hours are from 9:00 in the morning ‘til noon.

Again Hawaii Island has seen a daily increase of positive cases for the past two weeks. Most of these recent cases are not travel related which means the virus is being transmitted within the community. Data from the Department of Health indicates the majority of these new cases originated in Hilo. It has been noted that many have not been following the policies of gatherings, distancing and wearing of face coverings. A review is now underway to see what policies changes if any need to occur to address the growing spread of the virus.

Know that person to person close contact is the main method that the virus is spread and we need your help in following the guidelines of gatherings, distancing and face coverings.


Filed Under: Hilo Tagged With: coronavirus

LATEST NEWS

Largest DLNR Recruit Class In History Commissioned

Shark Bite At Anaehoʻomalu Bay Sends Man To Hospital

VOLCANO WATCH: GeoScientists Promoting Accessible Collaborative Experiences

Kona Man Charged In Kopiko Street Burglaries

Suspect In Ocean View Shooting Indicted By Hilo Grand Jury

VIDEO: Bill Removes Power To Suspend Electronic Media During Emergency

About Big Island Video News

  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 · Dynamik-Gen on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in