Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported a new coronavirus-related death and 66 coronavirus infections, bringing the state’s total since the beginning of the pandemic to 449 deaths and 28,145 cases.
No additional information was immediately available about the latest death on Oahu.
The official number of coronavirus-related deaths in the state includes 357 deaths on Oahu, 53 on the island of Hawaii, 35 on Maui, one on Kauai and three Hawaii residents who died outside the state.
The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the United States today is over 531,000 and the infection count across the country is over 29 million.
New cases of infection across the state today include 30 on Oahu, 20 on Maui, 15 on the island of Hawaii and one on Molokai, according to health officials. As a result of updated information, state health officials removed two cases of Oahu from the counts.
The statistics released today reflect the new cases of infection reported to the department on Wednesday.
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The total number of coronavirus cases per island since the outbreak started is 22,230 in Oahu, 2,403 in Maui, 2,317 in Hawaii County, 186 in Kauai, 108 in Lanai and 28 in Molokai. There are also 873 residents of Hawaii who have been diagnosed outside the state.
Health officials also said today that of the state’s total infection count, 689 cases were considered active. Officials say they regard infections reported in the past 14 days as a “proxy number for active cases”. The number of active cases in the state has increased by 24 today.
By island, Oahu has 351 active cases, Maui has 254, Ilha Grande has 80, Kauai has three and Molokai has one. Lanai has no active cases.
Health officials counted 5,741 new results from the COVID-19 test in today’s count, for a positivity rate of 1.15% across the state. The state’s average 7-day positivity rate is 1.2%, according to Hawaii’s COVID-19 data panel.
Of all confirmed Hawaii infection cases, 1,922 required hospitalizations, with eight new hospitalizations reported today by state health officials.
Eight hospitalizations in the state count are Hawaii residents who have been diagnosed and treated outside the state. Of the 1,914 hospitalizations in the state, 1,648 occurred in Oahu, 151 in Maui, 101 in Ilha Grande, eight in Kauai, five in Lanai and one in Molokai.
According to the latest information from the Department of Hawaii’s COVID-19 data panel, a total of 27 patients with the virus were in Hawaii hospitals on Thursday morning, four in intensive care units and four in ventilators.
The state of Hawaii’s COVID-19 vaccine summary said today that 447,917 vaccines were administered out of the 572,230 received by the state. About 19% of Hawaii’s general population received at least one dose of the vaccine. Of those who have received at least one dose of vaccine so far, 51% are 59 or younger, while 49% are 60 or older.
Of the vaccines administered, 423,628 were given to the general public and 24,289 were distributed through the federal pharmacy program, officials said.
Oahu switched to the less restrictive Tier 3 of the city’s four-tier economic recovery plan on February 25, after being in Tier 2 since October 22. Tier 3 allows for social and outdoor recreational meetings of up to 10 people, and restaurants to seat 10 people at a table, out of five now. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi on Thursday announced changes to Level 3, including permission to reopen bars under the same conditions as restaurants and extending the curfew until midnight.
The average seven-day Oahu case count is 26 and the seven-day average positivity rate is 1.0%, according to Blangiardi.
This breaking news will be updated as more information becomes available.