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Office of the Governor: Free Meal Program Extended for Students at 203 Hawai‘i Dept. of Education Schools Hawai‘i DOE’s free Grab-and-Go meal program is being extended for students at 203 schools from today through Dec. 18, 2020. The announcement comes after the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture announced it would extend funding for its Summer Food ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 12, 2020

Department of Health: Two Deaths and 155 Additional Coronavirus Cases Reported Today  Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 166 today with the deaths of two O‘ahu residents. One was a man 50-59 years old with underlying conditions who had been in the hospital. A woman, 80+ years-old also had underlying conditions and had been hospitalized ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 9, 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 woman, 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, ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 8, 2020

Governor’s Office: Pre-travel Testing Program Begins Oct. 15 Hawaiʻi’s pre-travel testing program requires passengers five and older to take a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory within 72 hours from the final leg of departure and produce a negative result in order to avoid the state’s 14-day ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 7, 2020

Department of Health: Three Deaths and 83 Additional Coronavirus Cases Reported Today  The deaths of three (3) women from O‘ahu, raise Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll to 160. All three women had underlying conditions. Two were 80+ years-old and both died at home. The third woman was 60-69 yrs. of age and died in the hospital.  ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 6, 2020

HONOLULU – Although Halloween traditions in Hawai‘i may look different this year, there are still many ways families can have fun while avoiding the scare of being exposed to or spreading the virus.  This Halloween, the Hawai‘i Department of Health recommends celebrating with your household members at home and avoiding traditional door-to-door trick or treating ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health offers guidance for a safe Halloween

Department of Health: One Death and 52 Additional Coronavirus Cases Reported Today A woman from O‘ahu, who was older than 80-years-old is reported as the 157th death in Hawai‘i since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. She had underlying conditions and had been in the hospital. DOH is reporting 52 new active cases today. Hawai‘i ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 5, 2020

Department of Health: ​Three Additional Deaths and 87 New COVID-19 Cases Today Three (3) more O‘ahu residents have passed away due to coronavirus. One man, who was 80 or older and had underlying conditions passed away in the hospital. Two women, both in the 60 to 69-year-old age group and with underlying conditions, had been ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 2, 2020

Department of Health: Three Additional Deaths and 108 New COVID-19 Cases Today Three (3) more O‘ahu residents have passed away due to coronavirus. Two men, both with underlying conditions passed away in the hospital. One was 70 to 79-years old and the other was 60 to 69-years old. A woman, in the 80 to 89-year-old ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest October 1, 2020

Water remains safe to drink HONOLULU – Trace levels of the chemicals Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) were recently detected in multiple water samples collected at the Honolulu Board of Water Supply’s Halawa Wells Pumping Station in the Honolulu-Windward-Pearl Harbor water system, but the water is safe to drink. The Halawa Wells Pumping Station ...
Read More Trace levels of contaminants detected in two wells in lower Halawa Heights