
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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HAWAIʻI ISLAND - The Department of Health reports 240 new cases, 5,163 active cases, and 39 persons hospitalized on the Big Island.
Rep. Kahele lists “10 steps to a safe Hawaiʻi”, video courtesy Congressman Kaialiʻi Kahele
(BIVN) – There were 3,929 newly reported cases of COVID-19 in the State of Hawaiʻi on Wednesday, down from the 6,252 cases reported on Tuesday. Of that number, 240 new cases were identified on Hawaiʻi island, down from the record 834 cases reported the day before.
Hospitalizations with COVID-19 have decreased slightly over the last few days. On Wednesday, the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense reported the number is 39.
“Positive cases continue to be elevated,” the civil defense message stated. “Please protect yourself, your family, and your community from coronavirus by following the preventive measures of wearing face coverings, distancing, disinfecting your hands, limiting and avoiding gatherings, staying home, especially when sick, and vaccinating.”
“The rampant surge of the Omicron variant has proven COVID-19 is not going away any time soon,” said U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele, who today outlined 10 steps he says Hawaiʻi should take to deal with the evolving pandemic. “We must implement immediate solutions as well as prepare contingency plans for future mutations of the coronavirus and other novel viruses, otherwise we will be in a perpetual state of emergency. Failure to immediately implement an enduring, multi-year statewide plan will result in more residents experiencing infection and mortality. Health inequities will widen especially in our Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities and billions will be lost from our state’s economy.”
Health officials are currently monitoring 5,163 active cases on Hawaiʻi island. There has been a 14-day average of 398 new cases per day on the Big Island. The test positivity rate for the same time period is no longer available, as the Health Department has been overwhelmed by the recent high case counts.
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 sixteen (16) of those areas showing over 50 cases. Hilo and Kona have recorded over 1,000 cases in that time. Zip code areas not listed below have recorded less than 10 cases in 14 days.
* 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.
Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense said that testing will be available today at the following locations:
The State of Hawaiʻi says 2,659,585 total COVID-19 vaccines have been administered. Health officials say 75.3% percent of the State population has been fully vaccinated. 81.2% of the population has initiated vaccination, and 30.7% has gotten a third dose. On Hawaiʻi island, 67% has completed vaccination.
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From the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency: