The Hilo Medical Center reports a slight uptick of one COVID-19 patient now hospitalized in its facility bringing the total to 14.
HMC Spokeswoman Elena Cabatu confirmed Thursday there were four patients in the ICU and 10 now being treated in the hospital’s newly established COVID-19 unit.
A cluster was identified this week at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home where seven residents and three staff members were diagnosed with the virus. Two of the residents are being treated at HMC and the other five are in isolation at the VA home. No additional cases have been reported at the facility.
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