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Hawai‘i COVID-19 Cases

News Release from Hawaii DoH, October 8, 2020

On 10/8/2020, the Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 101 new positive cases. There is one new case on Maui, 14 cases on Hawai‘i Island and 86 on O‘ahu, for a cumulative total of 13,146 cases statewide (reported since 2/28/2020).

A total of 443,992 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the state. (3,903 new tests)

101 / 3,903 = 2.6% positive

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

Latest Cases in Hawai'i | Current Situation in Hawai'i  | COVID-19 Data DashboardTracking COVID-19

LATEST CASES IN HAWAI‘I

MORE DETAILS 

Total cases:13146 (101 new)

Hawai’i County:866

Honolulu County:11788

Kaua’i County:59

Maui County:397†

Pending:0

Residents diagnosed outside of Hawai‘i:36

Required Hospitalization:900‡ (6 new hospitalizations)

Hawaii deaths:164 (1 more death)

Released from Isolation:10604§ (31 new releases)

Cumulative totals as of 12:00pm, October 8, 2020

If you have recovered from COVID-19 and want to help by donating plasma, register to donate today. 

†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.

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HAWAI‘I COVID-19 JOINT INFORMATION CENTER  

DAILY NEWS DIGEST  

Oct. 8, 2020  

Department of Health: 

One Death and 101 Additional Coronavirus Cases Reported Today  

Another death has been reported today, raising Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll to 164. The latest case involved a female, between 50-59 years old who had underlying conditions and was hospitalized at the time of her death.  

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 12:00 noon, Oct. 8, 2020        

Island of Diagnosis        

New Cases        

Reported since        

2/28/2020        

(including new cases)  

O‘ahu        

86 

11,788 

Hawai‘i        

14 

866 

Maui       

378  

Kaua‘i       

0  

59  

Moloka‘i        

0  

19  

Lānaʻi    

0  

0  

HI residents diagnosed outside of HI       

36 

Total Cases        

101 

13,146 

Deaths        

164  

Hospitalization count as of 10/7/20 at 2:07 pm: 16-Hawai‘i, 1-Maui, 94-O‘ahu, 0-Kaua‘i    

7-Day Averages   

   

Daily New Cases    

(change from previous day)   

% Lab Positive   

(change from previous day   

Statewide   

91 (-2)   

2.6% (+0.0) 

O‘ahu   

73 (+0)   

3.2% (+0.1) 

Hawai‘i   

17 (-1)   

 2.7% (-0.2) 

Kaua’i   

0 (+0)   

0.0% (+0.0) 

Maui   

1 (+0)   

0.3% (+0.0) 

*Metrics reflect information updated as of noon the previous day. Case counts are calculated based on date of report. Percent positivity is calculated based on date of lab result.   

 Hawaiicovid19.com   

 

  

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  

Hawaiʻi State Judiciary:

Oʻahu Judiciary Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19  

An employee at the First Circuit Driver’s Education office has tested positive for COVID-19. The Hawaiʻi State Judiciary made the announcement on Wednesday. The employee was last in the office on Sept. 25, when symptoms began, and received a positive test result on Oct. 3. The Driver’s Education office is located across the street from Honolulu District Court and the individual does not work with the public. After conferring with DOH, any coworkers with close prolonged contact were notified, advised to self-quarantine, and seek guidance from their medical providers. They will return to work when medically appropriate to do so. The office has already been disinfected. To view more:  

https://www.courts.state.hi.us/news_and_reports/2020/10/oahu-judiciary-employee-tests-positive-for-covid-19 

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations:

DLIR Tweaking Virtual Call Center After Robocalls Flood Phonelines   

DLIR’s new virtual call center has gotten over 150,000 calls daily since opening last week. The department and its vendor determined that a majority of those calls were robocalls that initially flooded the center and made it very hard for normal callers, but the contractor has implemented solutions to prevent this. Claimants can now wait in queue and get through to an agent. Director Anne Eustaquio said, “We’re starting to see a large number of claimants file for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation, or PEUC, the 13-week extension, as more claimants exhaust their twenty-six weeks of regular unemployment insurance benefits. The biggest challenge we have now involves claimants not answering phone calls from unemployment insurance staff due to phone network services identifying the calls as spam or telemarketers.”  

The manual PEUC claim application process takes twenty-one days to complete just as when a new claim is filed. The DLIR believes that many claimants are answering the questions incorrectly and has posted information at the following links to help:   

https://labor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/PEUC-How-to-Apply-.pdf  

https://twitter.com/HI_DLIR/status/1313929573239648256.   

 

Department of Public Safety:

Mass Testing Update 

PSD’s Health Care Division is working with DOH, the Hawaiʻi National Guard (HING) and community partners, to conduct mass testing for COVID-19 at all correctional facilities statewide. Multiple facilities are conducting staff testing with the help of HING. The Maui Community Correctional Center (MCCC) received 21 more staff results which were all negative – bringing their total to 70 negative staff results. The Halawa Correctional Facility also received 10 additional staff results that were all negative.   

   

All 19 OCCC inmate results received through continuous DOH testing today were negative. There are no inmates hospitalized. The number of inmates who have recovered jumped to 343.  Of the 14 OCCC staff results received, one (1) was positive and 13 were negative.  The number of PSD staff who have recovered and returned to work increased to 98. To view more on PSD’s planning and response efforts to COVID-19:   

http://dps.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/03/17/coronavirus-covid-19-information-and-resources/  

 

 

Helpful Resources  

 

Safe Travels Information (Frequently Asked Questions) 

https://hawaiicovid19.c0m/travel/#travel-FAQs
 

Trans-Pacific Passenger Arrivals Statistics 

https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/covid-19-updates/trans-pacific-passenger-arrivals/ 
 

Kaua‘i County
Kaua‘i COVID-19 webpage: https://www.kauai.gov/COVID-19
To report violators: https://www.kauai.gov/KPD-Online-Reporting 
 

Maui County
Maui County mandatory travel declaration form and request for limited quarantine form: 
https://www.mauicounty.gov  

To report violators: (808) 244-6400 or mpdquarantine@mpd.net  
 

Hawai‘i County
Hawai‘i County COVID-19 webpage:
https://coronavirus-response-county-of-hawaii-hawaiicountygis.hub.arcgis.com/
Critical infrastructure and medical travel request: https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/e2f4ce19aa854964a8fd60bec7fbe78c 
To report violators: 808-935-3311 
 

City & County of Honolulu 
Honolulu COVID-19 webpage: oneoahu.org 
Interisland passengers arriving on O‘ahu are not subject to the mandatory quarantine.  
To report violators:808-723-3900 or HPDcovidenforce@honolulu.gov  

  

Media Contact 

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Joint Information Center  

(808) 636-8194  

Hawaiicovid19@gmail.com  

  

 

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