Big Island Coronavirus Updates

DOH Reports 87 New COVID-19 Cases Statewide

Published March 20, 2021 • 12:46 PM HST Updated March 20, 2021 • 12:51 PM HST
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The Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 87 new cases of coronavirus Saturday, raising the statewide total to 28,694. One new COVID-related death was reported.

The state’s two-week average is 67 new cases daily, with a test positivity rate of 1.2%.

Nine new cases were identified on the Big Island Saturday, according to DOH statistics. The state’s virus tracker, which maps cases by district across all islands, can be accessed here.

The island-by-island case count is as follows:

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O‘ahu: 22,522
Maui: 2,586
Hawai‘i: 2,370
Kaua‘i: 186
Lana‘i: 109
Moloka‘i: 30
Pending: 0
Out-of-State: 891

A total of 1,948 individuals have been hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 infection since the pandemic began, while at least 453 people have died.

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