This graphic features the average number of new cases – both confirmed and probable – reported by the State of Hawaiʻi over a 14-day period. The map shows zip code areas with reported cases having onset dates in the past 14 days, according to the Hawaiʻi health department. Health officials did not update the data displayed on the COVID map this week. The map above represents information released by health officials on July 27. However, the 14-day average test positivity rate and case count is up-to-date as of August 3.

Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Weekly Update: New Cases Down

Big Island Video News

Aug 3, 2022

STORY SUMMARY

HAWAIʻI ISLAND - New COVID cases identified in both the State and County of Hawaiʻi are down this week, health officials say.

(BIVN) – There were 3,689 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the State of Hawaiʻi this week, down from the 4,075 reported last week. Of that number, 468 new cases were identified on Hawaiʻi island, down slightly from the 542 cases reported the week before.

The average test positivity rate on Hawaiʻi island this week was 10.1%, a drop from the 13.5% reported the week before.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported twenty-one (21) deaths with COVID-19 this week.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health did not update the map information on its COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Wednesday.

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This graphic features the average number of new cases – both confirmed and probable – reported by the State of Hawaiʻi over a 14-day period. The map shows zip code areas with reported cases having onset dates in the past 14 days, according to the Hawaiʻi health department. Health officials did not update the data displayed on the COVID map this week. The map above represents information released by health officials on July 27. However, the 14-day average test positivity rate and case count is up-to-date as of August 3.
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