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https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/04/hawaii...lizations/
"Hawaii Reports 21 New COVID-19 Cases And 9th Death
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There were 14 new cases in Maui County, where the state is investigating several clusters of possible infections.
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One more Hawaii resident died from COVID-19 and two more were hospitalized as the state’s total case count rose to 486 Saturday, according to the Department of Health.
The state reported 21 new COVID-19 cases, including one minor. A total of 44 people with the virus have required hospitalization.
The latest death was a woman over the age of 65 with underlying medical conditions. She tested positive for the virus after being hospitalized on Oahu.
The new cases included 11 that were spread within the community and 10 whose origins were unknown. None were associated with travel, the health department said.
To date, 300 people have been released from isolation, meaning they have not had a fever or muscle pain for 72 hours without the use of medicine."
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They have a real problem at the main hospital on Maui:
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/1...486-up-21/
From the article:
"Health officials also said this afternoon that a total of 29 people at Maui Memorial Medical Center have tested positive as the cluster of cases at the Wailuku hospital continues to grow."
They're still testing and investigating, so this isn't likely the end of the story. Also, if you scroll down in the article there is a graph of new cases by Hawaii counties over time. Very interesting, especially the relatively flat graph for the Big Island.
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/04/hawaii...-19-cases/
"Hawaii has reported 13 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 499, the state Department of Health announced Sunday.
That compares to 21 new cases reported on Saturday.
The biggest jumps occurred in Hawaii County and Maui County. Hawaii County confirmed five new cases, bringing its total to 39. Maui County reported four new cases, with a total of 84.
Oahu and Kauai each reported two new cases. Oahu now has 350 confirmed cases, and Kauai County’s confirmed case count grew from 19 to 21.
Volunteers load emergency food donations into the trunks of waiting cars at the drive-through distribution event hosted at the Ala Moana Center on Saturday, April 11, 2020, in Honolulu, HI. Milk, bread, and eggs were donated by The Salvation Army Hawaiian & Pacific Islands, Hawaii State VOAD, along with 5,000 lbs of Maui potaties donated by Chad & Stephanie Buck. (Ronen Zilberman photo Civil Beat)
Volunteers load food donations at a drive-through distribution event hosted at the Ala Moana Center on Saturday.
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The number of deaths and hospitalizations remained steady compared to Saturday. The state reports that 44 people have so far been hospitalized due to the coronavirus.
So far nine people have died. The most recent death reported Saturday was a woman over the age of 65 with underlying medical conditions.
On Maui, the cases include a cluster at Maui Memorial Medical Center. One additional health care worker there has tested positive, bringing the total of infected staff to 19. Thirty-one staff and patients are under investigation for the virus, the state Department of Health said in a press release. By Monday, the state plans to notify nearly 200 patients who received care at the hospital from affected employees.
The state is also investigating possible clusters on Maui in a church group and a motorcycle club, Department of Health director Bruce Anderson told reporters Friday."
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/04/hawaii...-reach-517
"Thirteen new COVID-19 cases were confirmed Tuesday by the Hawaii Department of Health, taking the statewide COVID-19 infection count to 517.
The latest documented cases include a dozen Hawaii residents and one non-resident.
Another 18 people were released from isolation, marking more than 333 documented recoveries to date, according to the department.
The COVID-19 death toll remained at nine people.
Honolulu County, which recorded 352 cases on Monday, now has 358.
Hawaii County went from 40 cases to 41.
Kauai County saw no new cases and its infection count remained at 21.
Maui County recorded two new cases taking its total to 88, up from 86 on Monday.
Four other Hawaii residents have been diagnosed outside of Hawaii. Six Hawaii residents have been diagnosed elsewhere to date.
On Tuesday, the health department confirmed a cluster of cases that began at Maui Memorial Medical Center grew to 34 people, including some health care workers. It is the largest documented cluster of cases in Hawaii to date.
Last week, DOH Director Bruce Anderson said the hospital had not implemented temperature check screening and mandatory masks for entrants."
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quote:
Originally posted by ironyak
Last week, DOH Director Bruce Anderson said the hospital had not implemented temperature check screening and mandatory masks for entrants."
Heck, even Costco requires masks now, but not a hospital? Especially one with an outbreak?
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/04/hawaii...-19-cases/
"On Friday, 12 more cases of COVID-19 were reported by Hawaii health officials, taking the infection count to 553.
Approximately 70% of patients — 390 people — monitored by the Hawaii Department of Health have qualified to be released from isolation, signaling their recovery.
Non-hospitalized patients meet the recovery criteria to be released from isolation if they have not had a fever for at least three days and at least a week has passed since the onset of their symptoms. All have been required to self-quarantine for two weeks to ensure the virus has passed.
The department reports that 48 of the COVID-19 patients it has verified have required hospitalization.
Oahu’s COVID-19 infection count reached 380, up from 373 on Thursday. DOH reports 292 of them have recovered to be released from isolation, and 40 Oahu residents have been hospitalized. Six Oahu residents have died.
Hawaii County reported three new cases, taking its infection count to 44 to date, but 30 people have been released from isolation. No Hawaii County residents have been hospitalized. Kauai’s infection count remained at 21 coronavirus cases, and 16 patients have been released from isolation. Only one Kauai resident has been hospitalized.
The most COVID-19 cases in Hawaii have been among people 40 to 59 years old. About 19% of patients older than 60 have been hospitalized.
Maui County, which includes the islands of Molokai and Lanai, has reported 102 cases, up from 95 on Thursday. Approximately half of the patients have been released from isolation, seven have been hospitalized, and three Maui residents have died due to COVID-19 related issues.
To date, six Hawaii residents have been diagnosed outside of the islands."
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It sure would be nice if they told us where those new cases came from along with the numbers...
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would be nice if they told us where those new cases came from
They never know where anything comes from. Must be tourists? Whoever it was didn't make their "mandatory declaration".
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Whoever it was didn't make their "mandatory declaration".
Or didn’t fill out her paperwork properly, no one checked, and then she bopped around the island until even Hawaii residents living in tents could no longer abide her flagrant violations:
“She traveled all over the place, undetected until it was brought to our attention, which puts the lives of our community members at risk," Kama-Toth said.
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said she slipped through the cracks because she listed a post office box instead of a real address for airport screeners, who didn’t check out the address.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/04/17...uarantine/
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/04/hawaii...-19-cases/
" There were 21 new cases of the coronavirus in Hawaii on Saturday, including 17 new cases on the Big Island, according to the state Department of Health.
Three cases also required hospitalization, bringing the total number of those hospitalized due to COVID-19 to 51.
There were no deaths reported, however, and the state’s total case count rose to 574. Of those, 410 people who previously tested positive were released from isolation.
New cases on the Big Island are tied to two McDonald’s locations in the Kailua-Kona area.
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Hawaii County had the single biggest jump of the four counties on Saturday. Its total number of cases rose to 61. Two more cases were reported on Oahu, which now has a total 382 cases.
Maui also reported two new cases for a total of 104. Kauai reported no new cases and still has 21 total.
The spike in cases on the Big Island is likely tied to a cluster of cases the DOH previously investigated involving two McDonald’s restaurants in Kona.
The DOH previously said that 14 cases were tied to those restaurants. On Saturday, that number rose to 29, including 17 employees and 12 of their household members, according to a press release.
The McDonald’s locations at the Kona Commons and a Walmart in Kona remain closed. The DOH is still conducting contact tracing for potential cases associated with the cluster.
Close contacts of those cases are in isolation or quarantine, according to the press release."
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