Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 20, 2021

Posted on Jan 20, 2021 in COVID-19

Department of Health: 

Summary Metrics - Jan 20 2021

https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/

Residence Status and Travel History - January 20 2021

75 COVID-19 Cases and One Death Reported

DOH reports 75 new cases of coronavirus today and one (1) additional death, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 325. The victim is a Maui woman, 70-79 yds, who died in the hospital with underlying conditions.

This report includes cases up until Monday 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 as of 11:59 p.m. Jan. 18, 2021   

Island of Diagnosis          

New Cases

Reported since

2/28/2020

(including new cases)

O‘ahu          

50

20,067

Hawai‘i          

4

2,092

Maui         

14

1,501

Kaua‘i         

1

176

Moloka‘i          

0

25 

Lānaʻi      

0

106 

HI residents diagnosed outside of HI         

6

653

Total Cases          

75

24,620++

Deaths          

1

325

Hospitalizations as of 8:30 a.m. on 1/19/21 – Hawai‘i-3, Maui-16, O‘ahu-77, Kaua‘i-0

++ As a result of updated information, one case from O‘ahu was removed from the counts.

 

Department of Public Safety:

Inmate and Staff Testing Continues

The Halawa Correctional Facility (HCF) reports 32 more inmates have recovered. That drops the total active inmate cases to 30 and increases total inmate recoveries to 512. There are five (5) hospitalized HCF inmates. There was one (1) new positive HCF staff case reported today. The O‘ahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) reported 40 negative inmate results. The Maui Community Correctional Center reported one (1) negative inmate results. The Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center reported six (6) negative inmate results. For more information on PSD’s planning and response efforts to COVID-19:

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

 

Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority:

5,507 Passengers Arrive on Tuesday

Yesterday, a total of 5,507 people arrived in Hawai‘i from out of state. A total 2,073 people indicated they came to Hawai‘i for vacation. There were also 1,162 returning residents. The trans-Pacific passenger arrival data is derived from data provided by the Safe Travels digital system.

Reason for Trip by Arrival Jan. 19

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

 

Helpful Resources

 

Trusted Testing and Travel Partners:

The state of Hawai‘i only accepts Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) from a certified Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) lab test results from Trusted Testing and Travel Partners. For the full list of domestic trans-Pacific, inter-county, international and airline partners or information on how to become a Trusted Testing Partner, go to:

https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel-partners/

 

Safe Travels Hawai‘i Program:
Program overview: https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel/ 

FAQs: https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel/faqs/

Email: [email protected] 

Call Center Number: 1-800-GO-HAWAII 

 

COVID-19 Vaccine Status in Hawai‘i and FAQs:

https://hawaiicovid19.com/vaccine/

Vaccine Call Center: 808-586-8332  

 

COVID-19 Expanded Dashboard (Tables, Charts, and Visualizations):

https://hawaiicovid19.com/data-dashboard/

 

Safe Travels Digital Platform:

https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel/data/

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

Vaccine Information: https://www.kauai.gov/vaccine

 

Maui County:
Maui County travel and COVID-19 information:
https://www.mauicounty.gov  

To report violators: (808) 244-6400 or [email protected]   

 

Hawai‘i County:
Hawai‘i County COVID-19 webpage:
https://coronavirus-response-county-of-hawaii-hawaiicountygis.hub.arcgis.com/pages/travel 

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 

COVID-19 Vaccine Information: https://www.oneoahu.org/vaccine

Interisland passengers arriving on O‘ahu are not subject to the mandatory quarantine.  
To report violators: 808-723-3900 or [email protected]   

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PDF: COVID-19 Daily News Digest Jan. 20 2021