Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest July 16, 2020
Posted on Jul 16, 2020 in COVID-19Office of the Governor:
Facebook Live at 4:30 p.m., on July 16 on the State’s 14-day Mandatory Quarantine
Governor Ige was 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 view the Facebook live on the governor’s page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/GovernorDavidIge/videos
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
|
Island of Diagnosis |
New Cases |
Reported since 2/28/2020 (including new cases) |
Total in hospitals |
|
O‘ahu |
16 |
1002 |
35 |
|
Hawai‘i |
0 |
107 |
5 |
|
Maui |
0 |
133 |
0 |
|
Kaua‘i |
0 |
43 |
0 |
|
Moloka‘i |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Lana‘i |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Residents Diagnosed outside HI |
0 |
21 |
|
|
Unknown |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Total Cases |
19 |
1311 |
|
|
Total hospitalized |
|
40 |
|
|
Deaths |
0 |
22 |
|
Laboratory* Testing Data
There were 1,817 additional COVID-19 tests reported via electronic laboratory reporting
|
Total Number of Individuals Tested by Clinical and State Laboratories |
Positive |
Negative |
|
101,204** |
1,309 |
99,881 |
*Electronic Laboratory Reporting **14 test results were inconclusive
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:
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
|
|
KONA |
MAUI |
O‘AHU |
LĪHUʻE |
TOTAL |
|
Crew |
6 |
29 |
236 |
|
271 |
|
Transit |
|
5 |
156 |
|
161 |
|
Military |
|
|
249 |
|
249 |
|
Exempt |
|
|
102 |
|
102 |
|
Relocate to Hawai‘i |
4 |
18 |
159 |
|
181 |
|
Returning Resident |
59 |
86 |
680 |
|
825 |
|
Visitor |
41 |
58 |
399 |
|
498 |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
110 |
196 |
1,981 |
0 |
2,287 |
|
Flights |
1 |
4 |
19 |
0 |
24 |
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 7 through June 13). 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.”
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