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Department of Health:  https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 179 COVID-19 Cases and Six Deaths Reported DOH reports 179 new cases of coronavirus today and six (6) additional deaths, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 318. Deaths: Oʻahu 1 woman, 70-79 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized 1 woman, 80-89 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized 2 men 90-99 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 14, 2021

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health Food Safety Branch has issued a red placard to immediately close Asia Manoa, located at 2801 E. Manoa Rd., due to repeated instances of employees not wearing face masks while working. The Food Safety Branch received a complaint alleging that Asia Manoa employees were not wearing masks on ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health issues red placard to Asia Manoa for repeated mask wearing violations

Department of Health:  https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 106 COVID-19 Cases and Three Deaths Reported DOH reports 106 new cases of coronavirus today and three (3) additional deaths, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 312. Deaths: O‘ahu1 Woman, 40-49 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized 1 Man, 50-59 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized Maui 1 Man, 60-69 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 13, 2021

Department of Health:  https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 114 COVID-19 Cases and Four Deaths Reported Today DOH reports 144 new cases of coronavirus today. This report includes cases up until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard.   ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 12, 2021

Department of Health:https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 172 COVID-19 Cases Reported Today DOH reports 172 new cases and no additional deaths due to coronavirus today. This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard. ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 11, 2021

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health continues to receive, distribute, and administer COVID-19 vaccines as quickly and efficiently as possible. Here are the latest figures. Vaccine doses received 91,700 Statewide 54,600 Pfizer-BioNTech 37,100 Moderna Vaccinations administered statewide 35,000+ Statewide An additional 17,550 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have been ordered for delivery next week. ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health: Vaccine Distribution Update January 8, 2021

Department of Health:  https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 264 COVID-19 Cases and Four Deaths Reported Today DOH reports 264 new cases of coronavirus today. Four (4) additional deaths were reported, all on O‘ahu. All of these people had been hospitalized and had underlying conditions. Woman, 50-59 yrs. Woman, 60-69 yrs. Man, 70-79 yrs. Man, 80-89 yrs. This report includes ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 8, 2021

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health issued an executive summary of its updated COVID-19 vaccination plan today to provide a roadmap of how the vaccine will eventually be made available to all Hawai‘i residents by the end of this summer. The prioritized system ensures the vaccine is distributed and administered in an orderly, safe ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health issues updated COVID-19 vaccination plan

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) to the County of Kaua‘i Department of Public Works for initiating construction activity over one acre without the required National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage and discharging sediment into state waters on three separate occasions during ...
Read More Department of Health cites County of Kauai for discharging sediment to state waters

Department of Health:  https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases Since August Reported Today DOH reports 322 new cases of coronavirus today, the highest number since August 29, 2020, which had 310 COVID-19 cases reported. 30 of today’s cases are backdated from between 12-20-20 and 1-5-21, due to a reporting lag from a laboratory. Health officials ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 7, 2021

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) to Goodfellow Bros., LLC, a contractor for the County of Hawai‘i, Department of Environmental Management, Wastewater Division, for discharging untreated domestic sewage into Reed’s Bay. On November 30, 2020, the DOH was notified of a sewage spill originating ...
Read More Department of Health issues a Notice of Violation and Order for unauthorized discharges to Reed’s Bay in Hilo

HONOLULU – The Department of Health (DOH) Disease Outbreak Control Division (DOCD) has added information on the number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Hawai‘i to its data portal. This new feature can be found here. It displays statewide and county-by-county totals for the number of vaccinations administered. These numbers will be updated every Wednesday at ...
Read More Vaccination data added to DOH dashboard

Department of Health:  https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 143 New COVID-19 Cases and Ten (10) Deaths Reported Statewide Ten (10) COVID-19 deaths were reported today bringing the new statewide death total to 299. The 10 deaths occurred between Nov. 12 and Dec. 19.  Maui One (1) man, 70-77 yrs., underlying conditions, hospitalized O‘ahu Three (3) men, 60-69 yrs., underlying ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 6, 2021

Free app augments contact tracing, keeps data private, sends notice of potential exposure HONOLULU –– The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) in partnership with aio Digital and the Hawai‘i Executive Collaborative (HEC) have launched AlohaSafe Alert, the free State of Hawai‘i officially-approved exposure notification app to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. “Masks, distance ...
Read More Hawai‘i State Department of Health Launches AlohaSafe Alert App to Reduce Spread of COVID-19

HONOLULU – As a way to continue to rapidly administer COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers, the Hawai‘i Department of Health and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii are working with hospitals in each county to ensure independent healthcare providers and their staff can obtain the first dosage of their vaccine this month. Hawai‘i’s hospitals are serving ...
Read More COVID-19 vaccination hubs help speed dosages to independent healthcare providers

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health developed a new campaign to highlight the economic and educational toll that COVID-19 has taken on Hawai‘i’s students and young adults. The “Let’s Get Back to Real Life” campaign features personal stories from Hawai‘i’s young people that inspire residents to continue following safe practices, as the state continues ...
Read More New “Let’s Get Back to Real Life” campaign features young peoples’ COVID-19 trials, tribulations, and hope

Governor’s Office: COVID-19 Vaccination Timeline Update At a news briefing this afternoon, Gov. David Ige gave an update on the State of Hawai‘i’s vaccination efforts. Gov. Ige said healthcare workers, residents and staff at nursing homes are currently getting vaccinated. The second doses of the vaccine have started to arrive and will also be administered. ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 5, 2021

Department of Health:  https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 89 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide 89 additional coronavirus cases were reported today. This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard.   Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts ...
Read More Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 4, 2021