Statewide COVID Totals Slowly Receding in Recent Days

The Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 76 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday, raising the statewide total to 30,363. No new COVID-related deaths were reported.

Five new cases of the virus were identified on the Big Island Wednesday. A total of 66 cases have been reported in the greater Hilo area over the last two weeks, while at least 40 have been identified in the Kailua-Kona area during that same time period, according to a DOH map that tracks cases by district across all islands.

The state’s two-week average is 93 new cases daily, with a test positivity rate of 1.7%.

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

O‘ahu: 23,468
Maui: 3,027
Hawai‘i: 2,546
Kaua‘i: 198
Lana‘i: 111
Moloka‘i: 34
Pending: 0
Out-of-State: 979

A total of 2,023 individuals have been hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 infection since the pandemic began, while at least 467 people have died.

To date, more than 870,000 doses of vaccine have been administered statewide, per DOH statistics.