News Releases from Department of Health

Department of Health:

One New Case of COVID-19 Reported

One (1) Hawai‘i island adult has tested positive for coronavirus according to the latest count from DOH. Investigators are attempting to determine if this case has any potential links for previous cases. The outbreak at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Kahului is now considered closed.

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 12:00 noon, May 19, 2020

Island of Diagnosis	New Cases	Reported since 2/28/2020 (including new cases)	Total Released from Isolation*
O‘ahu	0	415	385
Hawai‘i	1	78	76
Maui	0	115	95
Kaua‘i	0	21	20
Moloka‘i	0	2	2
Lana‘i	0	0	0
Residents Diagnosed outside HI	0	10
Unknown	0	0
Total**	1	641
Total released from isolation			578
Deaths	0	17

* Includes cases that meet isolation release criteria. Cases that have died and one case that left the jurisdiction have been removed from these counts.

Laboratory* Testing Data

There were 694 additional COVID-19 tests reported via electronic laboratory reporting.

Total Number of Individuals Tested by Clinical and State Laboratories	Positive	Negative
41,205**	639	40,541

*Electronic Laboratory Reporting  **25 test results were inconclusive

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PDF: COVID-19 Daily News Digest May 19, 2020