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Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Update: 65 New Cases On Big Island
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HAWAIʻI ISLAND - The next COVID testing event will be Wednesday at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the afternoon.

(BIVN) – There were 553 newly reported cases of COVID-19 in the State of Hawaiʻi on Tuesday, down from the 720 cases identified on Monday. There were 65 new cases identified today on Hawaiʻi island, less than half of the number of cases (139) reported the day before.

According to the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, there were seventy-three (73) persons hospitalized today on the Big Island.

Health officials are currently monitoring 1,884 active cases on Hawaiʻi island. The test positivity rate in Hawaiʻi County over the last 14 days is up to 9.0%, the highest county rate in the entire state. There has been a 14-day average of 138 new cases per day.

On the Health Department’s zip code area map showing reported COVID-19 cases with onset dates in the past 14 days, there are now sixteen (16) zip code areas on the Big Island showing over 10 cases. Ten (10) of those zip code areas are showing over 50 cases, with two areas (Kona and Hilo) identifying over 400 new cases in 14 days. Zip code areas not listed below have recorded less than 10 cases in 14 days.

  • 96720 (Hilo) – 524 cases
  • 96740 (Kona) – 447 cases
  • 96743 (Kohala) – 110 cases
  • 96738 (S. Kohala) – 60 cases
  • 96755 (N. Kohala) – 29 cases
  • 96727 (Hāmākua) – 72 cases
  • 96773* (N. Hilo) – 14 cases
  • 96783 (Pepeʻekeo) – 25 cases
  • 96749 (Puna) – 154 cases
  • 96760 (Puna) – 27 cases
  • 96771 (Puna mauka) – 59 cases
  • 96778 (Puna makai) – 82 cases
  • 96725 (Kona) – 46 cases
  • 96750 (Kona) – 64 cases
  • 96704* (South Kona) – 81 cases
  • 96737 (Ocean View) – 13 cases

* The 96773 zip code area includes zip code areas 96710, 96774, 96728, 96764, and 96780. The 96704 zip code area includes zip code areas 96726.

County officials say the next community testing event will be Wednesday at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the afternoon.

To date, the State of Hawaiʻi says 1,866,799 cumulative doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. Health officials say 63.3% percent of the State population has been fully vaccinated. 71.5% of the population has initiated vaccination. On Hawaiʻi island, 60% has completed vaccination.