Hawai‘i COVID-19 Cases

News Release from Hawaii DoH, July 16, 2020

Detailed information and data about COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i is available at:

On 7/16/2020, the Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 19 new positive cases. There are 16 cases on O‘ahu and 3 cases are pending investigation, for a cumulative total of 1,311 cases statewide (reported since 2/28/2020).

A total of 101,204 individuals have been tested in the state. (1,817 new tests)

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Total cases:1311 (19 newly reported)

Hawai’i County:107

Honolulu County:1002

Kaua’i County:43

Maui County:135†

Pending:3

Residents diagnosed outside of Hawai‘i:21

Required Hospitalization:138‡ (one new hospitalization)

Hawaii deaths:22 (no new deaths)

Released from Isolation:975§ (24 released)

Cumulative totals as of 12:00pm, July 16, 2020

†One case is a Lanai resident whose exposure is on Maui Island and who will be remaining on Maui Island for the interim.

‡Includes Hawaii residents hospitalized out of state.

§Includes cases that meet isolation release criteria (Isolation should be maintained until at least 3 days (72 hours) after resolution of fever and myalgia without the use of antipyretics OR at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset, whichever is longer). (The cases that have died and one case that has left the jurisdiction have been removed from these counts).

Positive cases include presumptive and confirmed cases, and Hawaii residents and non-residents; data are preliminary and subject to change. Note that CDC provides case counts according to states of residence. 

HNN: Health officials confirmed that 40 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus across the state Thursday. Seven are in intensive care.  That’s nearly double what it was two days ago.  At last check, none of those patients are in need of a ventilator.

HAWAI‘I COVID-19 JOINT INFORMATION CENTER

DAILY NEWS DIGEST

July 16, 2020

Office of the Governor:

Facebook Live at 4:30 p.m. Today on the State’s 14-day Mandatory Quarantine

Governor Ige will be joined by Attorney General Clare E. Connors and Paul Jones, the Deputy Chief Special Agent in the AG’s Investigations Division, to discuss quarantine enforcement and to answer questions. You can tune in for Facebook live on the governor’s page: https:/www.facebook.com/GovernorDavidIge

Department of Health:

19 Additional Positive COVID-19 Cases – O‘ahu Clusters Highlight Community Spread/Social Gatherings

Community coronavirus spread, particularly on O‘ahu, continues to be responsible for the majority of new COVID-19 cases. Many cases have been linked to social gatherings where face masks and physical distancing was not consistently used.  Of the 19 positive cases being reported today by DOH, 16 are on O‘ahu and island of diagnosis for the remaining three (3) remains under investigation. As of today, there has been a cumulative total of 1,311 cases diagnosed in Hawai‘i since late February. Health experts remind everyone that personal responsibility is key toward preventing community-spread, meaning physical distancing, mask-wearing, handwashing, and staying home when sick.

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 12:00 noon, July 16, 2020

Laboratory* Testing Data

There were 1,817 additional COVID-19 tests reported via electronic laboratory reporting 

*Electronic Laboratory Reporting  **14 test results were inconclusive

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For more tables, charts and visualizations visit the DOH Disease Outbreak Control Division:https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii

Department of Transportation:

Passenger Screening Technology Selected for Hawai‘i’s Airports

DOT has selected NEC Corporation, NEC Corporation of America and their partner, Infrared Cameras Inc., to provide thermal temperature screening and facial imaging technology at Hawaiʻi’s public airports to help protect the community and identify passengers with a potentially elevated body temperature. The company’s combined resources to submit a unified proposal for the project.

“Taking these steps to implement the technology at our airports shows our commitment to providing preventative measures against COVID-19 for the community,” said Gov. David Ige. “We recognize that temperature screening won’t catch every infected passenger, but it is an available tool that can be implemented and combined with the additional measures the State is providing to help prevent the spread of this virus, while helping to rebuild the economy.”

“We are honored to become a part of this significant project for Hawaiʻi towards the revival of tourism and businesses in the state,” said Toshifumi Yoshizaki, Senior Vice President, NEC Corporation. “We believe NEC’s technology will help to ensure the safety and health of visitors and residents of Hawaiʻi against COVID-19, and our team will make every effort to ensure the success of this public and private joint project together with all of the partner companies.” See complete details here: https://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/07/16/hdot-selects-passenger-screening-technology-provider-for-hawaiis-airports/

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority:

2,287 Passengers Arrive on Wednesday

Yesterday, a total of 2,287 people arrived in Hawai‘i including 498 visitors and 825 returning residents. There was a total of 24 arriving flights. This table shows the number of people who arrived by air from out of state yesterday but does not show interisland travel. 

AIRPORT ARRIVALS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020

https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/media/4879/071620-passenger-count-press-release.pdf

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations:

Hawai‘i’s Unemployment Rate at 13.9% in June 

DLIR announced Thursday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 13.9-percent compared to the revised rate of 23.5-percent in May. Statewide, 527,600 were employed and 85,200 unemployed in June for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 612,800. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 11.1-percent in June, down from 13.3-percent in May. DLIR would like to note that the COVID-19 Pandemic is impacting the data derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), the survey used to produce the unemployment rate, also known as the household survey. In the household survey, individuals are classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force based on questions about their activities during the survey reference week (June 7th through June 13th). COVID-19-related issues are affecting the counts and the official level of unemployment published for the State of Hawai‘i by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The major discrepancy, with the exception of those unemployed on temporary layoff, is that individuals without a job who are not actively seeking work, particularly during this time of government-ordered business closures and social distancing requirements, are classified as not in the labor force in the CPS. The CPS misclassification issue of workers who were recorded as “employed but not at work” instead of “unemployed on temporary layoff” is a contributing factor and the low response rate for the CPS during the pandemic is possibly another factor. 

State Issued $2.2 Billion in Benefits Since March 1 

DLIR also announced today updated employment insurance claims information, including paying $2,189,522,737 since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 1, 2020. DLIR Deputy Director Anne Perreira-Eustaquio said, “91-percent of the valid unemployment insurance claims that have come in since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have been processed and paid out. Although it appears that the number of claims requiring departmental action is stable, we are still receiving nearly 8,000 new claims a week.”