VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 3: 133 New COVID-19 Cases In Hawaii

The state has seen an average of 102 new daily cases over the last week.

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Hawaii island identified 43 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the island’s biggest single-day increase since the pandemic began. The previous record was 39 cases on Aug. 28.

Statewide, health officials reported 133 new cases, including three in Maui County and 87 on Oahu. The health department also reported 11 virus-related deaths on Oahu, but eight were people who had died between Aug. 15 and Sept. 15 and whose deaths had not been included in official tallies because of paperwork delays.

The Department of Health has recorded 153 COVID-19 related deaths to date, but that still does not include 14 of the deaths reported on Hawaii island. Civil Beat calculates 167 deaths so far, which includes 29 deaths in Hawaii County — 27 of which are associated with an outbreak at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo.

The state is slated to launch a pre-travel test program on Oct. 15 to restart tourism, but Kauai and Maui County mayors are calling for the program to be modified so that travelers have to take a second test after arriving in Hawaii.

Oahu’s framework for reopening is based on two metrics: the average number of daily cases and the average number of tests that return positive each week — a figure referred to as the positivity rate.

In the last seven days, 3.5% of COVID-19 tests on Oahu returned positive and the island saw an average of 87 new cases reported daily.

The plan has four categories or tiers for reopening. Honolulu is beginning at Tier 1 — the most restrictive tier. To reach Tier 4, the most relaxed tier, the island needs a seven-day average positivity rate of less than 1% and an average of less than 20 daily new cases.

For more information, check the Hawaii Department of Health COVID-19 site and the Hawaii Data Collaborative COVID-19 Tracking site.

Cases, Deaths And COVID-19 Testing In Hawaii

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COVID-19 Cases
167
Deaths
432,711
Tests Performed

Hawaii COVID-19 Cases By County

Daily New COVID-19 Cases

Number Of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In U.S.

COVID-19 Cases Worldwide

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