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Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Updates For Wednesday, Sept. 9th: 100 New Cases, 3 More Deaths
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by Big Island Video News
on Sep 9, 2020 at 12:49 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

HAWAIʻI - There were twelve (12) newly reported cases of COVID-19 today on Hawaiʻi island, State Department of Health announced at noon.

(BIVN) – the Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported 100 new cases of COVID-19 statewide in a noon update on Wednesday. The majority of the new cases were identified on Oʻahu.

Three (3) new deaths were also reported.

UPDATE – (3:52 p.m.) – From the Hawaiʻi Department of Health:

Three (3) O‘ahu men are the latest people to pass away from coronavirus. All three had underlying medical conditions. Two were in the 60 to 69-year-old age group and the third was in the 70 to 79-year-old age group. Their deaths increase Hawai‘i’s death toll to 91.

On Hawaiʻi island, twelve (12) new cases were reported. As the result of updated information, two cases from Hawaiʻi island were removed from the counts.

With 237 of the total 533 cases on Hawaiʻi released from isolation, and considering the health department continues to count only three (3) deaths in connection with COVID-19 on the island, the State is indicating 293 cases are active on the Big Island.

UPDATE – (4 p.m.) – There was one (1) more death that was reported today – that occurred yesterday afternoon – that was related to COVID-19 with significant, underlying health issues. “This patient was not associated with the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home,” the Hilo Medical Center reported. 

HMC also confirmed that there has been a total of ten (10) COVID-related deaths in connection with the outbreak at the Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home in Hilo.

UPDATE – (3:52 p.m.) – From the Hawaiʻi Department of Health:

The DOH is aware of six (6) additional deaths associated with COVID-19 at the Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home in Hilo. To confirm these deaths, the department is waiting on medical records from the facility. Confirmation of all COVID-19 deaths is based on medical documentation.


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