Big Island Coronavirus Updates

North Hawai‘i residents looking to receive their second COVID-19 booster shot can now get one at a Waimea hospital.

The state Department of Health reported 1,187 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, March 30, bringing the statewide total to 240,778.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is adopting the most recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding COVID-19 booster shots.

In-person visitation at the state’s correctional facilities will resume this week.

Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair of the Committee on Health, will visit the Big Island this weekend to honor and thank medical staff members of three facilities for their laudatory work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state Department of Health reported 827 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 239,591.

All county-sponsored COVID-19 testing events will be suspended until further notice, starting Saturday, March 26.

The Hawai‘i National Guard’s Joint Task Force (HING JTF) has transitioned its remaining COVID-19 responsibilities such as vaccinations, testing, COVID-19 mapping, and unemployment office temperature screenings back to the state as of March 15, 2022.

The state Department of Health reported 1,092 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 238,764.

The state Department of Health reported 154 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 237,672.

The statewide requirement that masks be worn indoors will end at 11:59 p.m. on March 25.

Outdoor masking at public school campuses and Hawaiʻi State Department of Education facilities will be optional for students, faculty and staff, effective on Wednesday, March 9.

The state Department of Health reported 63 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 237,518. No new fatalities were reported.

Only negative COVID-19 test results among inmates across the board throughout the state’s correctional facilities were reported Monday, March 7, by the state Department of Public Safety.

To mask or not to mask. That is the million-dollar question right now as the state, and the Big Island, get closer to a new post-pandemic norm. But the answer isn’t as simple as some might think.

The state Department of Health reported 92 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the statewide total to 237,455. No new fatalities were reported.

The state Department of Health reported 196 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 237,363. One new fatality was reported.

A University of Hawaiʻi organization is optimistic about the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, predicting a broader recovery in the first several months of 2022 in its March report.

Nomi Health, the direct healthcare company coordinating COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts across the country, announced the launch of its third COVID testing site on the Big Island at Queens’ Marketplace in Waikōloa.

The state Department of Health reported 184 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 237,167. Five new fatalities were reported.