
This graphic features the average number of new cases – both confirmed and probable – reported by the State of Hawaiʻi over a 14-day period. Note the test positivity rate for the same time period is no longer available. The Hawai‘i Department of Health, overwhelmed by the high number of new cases, says it can no ascertain positivity rates. The map shows zip code areas with reported cases having onset dates in the past 14 days, according to the Hawaiʻi health department.
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STORY SUMMARY
HAWAIʻI - The Department of Health says it has not been able to process the large volume of positive and negative cases in recent days.
(BIVN) – There were 3,878 newly reported cases of COVID-19 in the State of Hawaiʻi on Sunday, down from the record 5,977 cases reported on Saturday. Of that number, 585 new cases were identified on Hawaiʻi island, down from the record 720 cases reported the day before. Three (3) deaths with COVID-19 were reported statewide.
As of a Saturday, 42 persons were hospitalized on the Big Island, according to an update from the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense.
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health cast doubt on the accuracy of its own reported numbers on Saturday, when it issued a news release saying its “systems have not been able to process the large volume of positive and negative cases in recent days,” and that a result, “thousands of cases, both positive and negative, have not been reported.”
The DOH says it will suspend the processing of negative cases, which will will allow for accurate positive case counts. However, that means the positivity rates will no longer be reported. The full news release is posted below.
Health officials are currently monitoring 3,657 active cases on Hawaiʻi island. UPDATE: Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense says that number is 4,449 active cases.
On the Health Department’s zip code area map showing reported COVID-19 cases with onset dates in the past 14 days, there are twenty-two (22) zip code areas on the Big Island showing over 10 cases, with thirteen (13) of those areas showing over 50 cases. Hilo has recorded over 1,000 cases. Zip code areas not listed below have recorded less than 10 cases in 14 days. These numbers may be impacted by the recent issues reported by the hralth department.
* 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.
DOH Message On Case Counts
From the Hawaiʻi Department of Health: